Complex Numbers And Quadratic Equations question 830

Question: $ \frac{1-i}{1+i} $ is equal to [RPET 1984]

Options:

A) $ \cos \frac{\pi }{2}+i\sin \frac{\pi }{2} $

B) $ \cos \frac{\pi }{2}-i\sin \frac{\pi }{2} $

C) $ \sin \frac{\pi }{2}+i\cos \frac{\pi }{2} $

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ \frac{1-i}{1+i}=\frac{(1-i)(1-i)}{(1+i)(1-i)}=\frac{1+{{(i)}^{2}}-2i}{1+1}=-i $ which can be written as $ \cos \frac{\pi }{2}-i $ $ \sin \frac{\pi }{2} $