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Note that:
$e^(itheta) = cos theta + i sin theta$
So we have:
$(cos alpha + i sin alpha)(cos beta + i sin beta) = e^(ialpha)*e^(ibeta)$
$color(white)((cos alpha + i sin alpha)(cos beta + i sin beta)) = e^(i(alpha+beta))$
$color(white)((cos alpha + i sin alpha)(cos beta + i sin beta)) = cos(alpha+beta) + i sin(alpha+beta)$
So in our example:
$4(cos(pi/3)+isin(pi/3))*7(cos((2pi)/3)+isin((2pi)/3))$
$= 28(cos(pi/3+(2pi)/3)+isin(pi/3+(2pi)/3))$
$= 28(cos(pi)+isin(pi))$
$= 28(-1+i*0)$
$= -28$
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