Question:
Find the modulus of each of the following complex numbers and hence express each of them in polar form: –2
Solution:
Let $Z=-2=r(\cos \theta+i \sin \theta)$
Now, separating real and complex part, we get
-2 = rcosθ………. eq.1
0 = rsinθ …………eq.2
Squaring and adding eq.1 and eq.2, we get
$4=r^{2}$
Since r is always a positive no, therefore,
r = 2,
Hence its modulus is 2.
Now, dividing eq.2 by eq.1, we get,
$\frac{r \sin \theta}{r \cos \theta}=\frac{0}{-2}$
Tanθ = 0
Since $\cos \theta=-1, \sin \theta=0$ and $\tan \theta=0$. Therefore the $\theta$ lies in second quadrant.
$\operatorname{Tan} \theta=0$, therefore $\theta=\pi$
Representing the complex no. in its polar form will be
$Z=2(\cos \pi+i \sin \pi)$