Complex Number Help

[timeforchg]

Hi guys, appreciate you could help a lost soul in class.

Solve the equation :

giving your answers in the form of a + jb. Show that there can be only be 8 distinct roots.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Hi guys, appreciate you could help a lost soul in class.

Solve the equation :

giving your answers in the form of a + jb. Show that there can be only be 8 distinct roots.

Do you know the definition of roots of complex functions?

Please share your work with us, indicating exactly where you are stuck - so that we may know where to begin to help you.

 

[HallsofIvy]

Hi guys, appreciate you could help a lost soul in class.

Solve the equation :

giving your answers in the form of a + jb. Show that there can be only be 8 distinct roots.

That's a sixth degree equation- there are at most 6 distinct roots, not 8.