Given the complex numbers Z1 = 5 + j5 and Z2 = 3 - j4, what is their sum, Z1 + Z2?

Correct answer: 8 + j1

Explanation

This is a quantitative question testing the basic arithmetic operation of addition for complex numbers in rectangular form, as explained in Appendix A.

Other questions

Question 1

In the context of complex numbers, what does the letter 'j' represent?

Question 2

How is the complex conjugate of a complex number Z = x + jy in rectangular form obtained?

Question 4

What is the product of the complex numbers Z1 = 2 - j3 and Z2 = 8 + j6, as referenced in Exercise A.1?

Question 5

When dividing a complex number Z1 by Z2 in rectangular form, what operation is used to make the denominator a pure real number?

Question 6

How can the complex number Z = 5/30 degrees be converted to rectangular form (x + jy)?

Question 7

When converting a complex number Z = x + jy to polar form, what is the correct way to find the angle θ if the real part 'x' is negative?

Question 8

What is the polar form of the complex number Z = -10 + j5?

Question 9

Which of Euler's identities correctly expresses cos(θ) in terms of complex exponentials?

Question 10

What is the exponential form of the complex number Z = 10 / 60 degrees?

Question 11

How are two complex numbers, Z1 = |Z1|/θ1 and Z2 = |Z2|/θ2, multiplied together in polar form?

Question 12

How are two complex numbers, Z1 = |Z1|/θ1 and Z2 = |Z2|/θ2, divided in polar form (Z1 / Z2)?

Question 13

Given Z1 = 10/60 degrees and Z2 = 5/45 degrees, what is their product Z1 * Z2?

Question 14

Given Z1 = 10/60 degrees and Z2 = 5/45 degrees, what is their quotient Z1 / Z2?

Question 15

What is the mandatory first step to add or subtract complex numbers that are given in polar or exponential form?

Question 16

What is the rectangular form of the complex number Z = 10e^(j60 degrees)?

Question 17

Given Z1 = 2 + j3 and Z2 = 4 - j3, what is Z1 - Z2?

Question 18

What is the value of j squared?

Question 19

A complex number with a real part of zero, such as j6, is known as what?

Question 20

What is the polar form of the complex number Z = -j10?

Question 21

What is the result of dividing Z1 = 15 by Z2 = 5/90 degrees, as posed in problem PA.7?

Question 22

What is the magnitude of the complex number e^(jθ)?

Question 23

What is the rectangular form of the complex number Z = 10e^(-j45 degrees), based on problem PA.6?

Question 24

In the complex number Z = x + jy, what names are given to x and y?

Question 25

Given Z1 = 10 + j5 and Z2 = 20 - j20, what is their sum, Z1 + Z2?

Question 26

What is the complex conjugate of e^(jθ)?

Question 27

To perform complex arithmetic, the text states that complex numbers can be written in three forms. What are these three forms?

Question 28

Given Z1 = 1 - j2 and Z2 = 2 + j3, calculate the product Z1*Z2.

Question 29

What is the polar form of the complex number Za = 5 - j5?

Question 30

What is the rectangular form of the polar number Zb = 10/120 degrees?

Question 31

What is the result of adding the complex numbers Z1 = 10/30 degrees and Z2 = 20/135 degrees, according to Exercise A.5?

Question 32

What is the primary reason electrical engineers use 'j' instead of 'i' to represent the imaginary number?

Question 33

If Z = 3 + j4, what is the magnitude |Z|?

Question 34

Which statement best describes the relationship between a complex number Z, its real part x, its imaginary part y, and its magnitude |Z|?

Question 35

Reduce the expression (10/45 degrees) / (3 + j4) to rectangular form.

Question 36

What are the two summary points listed at the end of Appendix A?

Question 37

If Z = Aejθ, what does A represent?

Question 38

Calculate the difference Z1 - Z2 for Z1 = 5 + j5 and Z2 = 3 - j4.

Question 39

What is the result of converting the polar number Z = 15/45 degrees to rectangular form?

Question 40

If you multiply a complex number Z by its complex conjugate Z*, what kind of number is the result?

Question 41

What is the exponential form of Z = 14.14 / 45 degrees?

Question 42

When sketching a complex number in the complex plane, what do the horizontal and vertical axes represent?

Question 43

Convert the rectangular number Z = -3 - j4 to polar form.

Question 44

Which Euler's identity correctly expresses sin(θ) in terms of complex exponentials?

Question 45

The procedure for dividing complex numbers in rectangular form is analogous to what common algebraic procedure?

Question 46

What is the result of adding Z1 = 2 + j3 and its complex conjugate Z1*?

Question 47

Calculate the sum: (5 + j5) + (10/30 degrees).

Question 48

Which operation is generally simpler to perform when complex numbers are in polar form compared to rectangular form?

Question 49

Convert the exponential form Z = 5e^(j30 degrees) to polar form.

Question 50

If Z1 = Z2, where Z1 is in rectangular form (x + jy) and Z2 is in polar form (|Z|/θ), what must be true?