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Course: Trigonometry
Topic: Complex, Parametric, and Polar Forms
Subtopic: Trigonometric Form of Complex Numbers

Overview

In an intermediate algebra course you wrote Complex numbers in standard (a+bi) form. But this is not the only way to express them. Engineers typically use the Trigonometric Form of a Complex Number instead. Our goal today is to learn to write complex numbers in trigonometric form, plot them on a Complex plane, and convert them between standard and trig form.

Objectives

By the end of this topic you should know and be prepared to be tested on:

Terminology

Define: Complex plane, modulus / opposite / conjugate / argument (all of a Complex number), trigonometric form, the acronym "cis"