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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How does one find the argument of the complex number: (1/(9x*i)). As I understand that this equates to: arctan(1)-arctan(Im{9x*i}/Re{9x*i}) but that's undefined?

OpenStudy (phi):

what do we know about x? is it a pure real ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Sorry, x is real and greater than zero.

OpenStudy (phi):

so 9xi is on the imaginary axis (y-axis), and its angle (argument) is pi/2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ah, of course :) Thank you!

OpenStudy (phi):

and you really want atan( Im(1)/Re(1)) not atan(1). But 1 is pure real, and its angle is 0

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