Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Review Exercises - Page 404: 20

Answer

$\frac{1}{i}=i^{-1}$

Work Step by Step

Since $i^{4}=1$, we write the given power as a product involving $i^{4}$: $i^{-41}=\frac{1}{i^{41}}=\frac{1}{i^{40}\times i}=\frac{1}{(i^{4})^{10}\times i}=\frac{1}{(1)^{10}\times i}=\frac{1}{i}=i^{-1}$
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