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668 Worked-Out Solutions to Exercises: Chapters 21 to 29


Now we can make these substitutions:


  • Leta from the formula equal a in our problem

  • Letb from the formula equal b in our problem

  • Letc from the formula equal a in our problem

  • Letd from the formula equal −b in our problem


The signs will be tricky, now! The quotient formula looks like this:

(a+jb) / [a+j(−b)]
= (aa+b× (−b)] / [a^2 + (−b)^2 ]+j[ba−a× (−b)] / [a^2 + (−b)^2 ]

For any real number b, (−b)^2 =b^2. Knowing that, and simplifying the above expression as
much as possible, we get

(aa+b× (−b)] / [a^2 + (−b)^2 ]+j[ba−a× (−b)] / [a^2 + (−b)^2 ]
= (a^2 −b^2 ) / (a^2 +b^2 )+j[2ab / (a^2 +b^2 )]


  1. To find (a−jb) / (a+jb), let’s first change the subtraction in the numerator to negative
    addition. That will give us the expression


[a+j(−b)] / (a+jb)

Now we can again use the quotient formula for complex numbers. This time, let’s make
these substitutions:


  • Leta from the formula equal a in our problem

  • Letb from the formula equal −b in our problem

  • Letc from the formula equal a in our problem

  • Letd from the formula equal b in our problem


Once again, we must pay close attention to the signs. The quotient formula now looks
like this:

[a+j(−b)] / (a+jb)
= (aa+ (−b)×b] / (a^2 +b^2 )+j(−ba−ab) / (a^2 +b^2 )

Simplifying the above expression as much as possible, we get

(aa+b× (−b)] / [a^2 + (−b)^2 ]+j[ba−a× (−b)] / [a^2 + (−b)^2 ]
= (a^2 −b^2 ) / (a^2 +b^2 )+j[− 2 ab / (a^2 +b^2 )]
= (a^2 −b^2 ) / (a^2 +b^2 )−j[2ab / (a^2 +b^2 )]

This is the complex conjugate of the result we got in Prob. 8.


  1. If k is a positive real number, then two pure real numbers have absolute values equal
    tok. These numbers are k and −k. Two pure imaginary numbers, jk and −jk, also have

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