Ex 1) Evaluate the following complex number and express the result in polar notation
$$ (40 \angle 50^{\circ} + 20 \angle(-30^{\circ}))^{\frac{1}{2}} $$ Converting to rectangular form: $$ = \Big[ 40cos50^{\circ} + j40sin50^{\circ} + 20cos(-30^{\circ}) + j20sin(-30^{\circ}) \Big]^{\frac{1}{2}} $$ Numerically evaluating the trig terms: $$ = [43.03 + j20.64]^{\frac{1}{2}} $$ Recall that to convert to polar form: $$ r = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2} $$ and: $$ \phi = tan^{-1} \Big( \frac{y}{x} \Big) $$ Therefore we get: $$ = \Big[ \sqrt{43.03^2 + 20.64^2} \angle \Big( tan^{-1} \Big( \frac{20.64}{43.03} \Big) \Big) \Big]^{\frac{1}{2}}$$ $$ = [47.72 \angle 25.63^{\circ}]^{\frac{1}{2}} $$ Using the rule for complex numbers that involves square roots: $$ =\sqrt{47.72} \angle \Big(\frac{25.63}{2} \Big) $$
$$ = 6.91 \angle 12.82^{\circ} $$
Now that we have a decent understanding of sinusoids and complex numbers, let's take a look at phasor notation.
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