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Originally posted by Will Everitt
Well chances are that’s because it’s not really useful it’s just a purely hypothetical thing with no applications in real life.

Actually, it has several applications in electrical engineering including determining the phase of a voltage/current.

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"Actually, it has several applications in electrical engineering including determining the phase of a voltage/current."

Ok well I didn’t know about that and don't quite know how a number that cannot be represented by normal numbers could be used for something like that but I can accept there are things I don't know and may well not understand.

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Originally posted by Will Everitt
"Actually, it has several applications in electrical engineering including determining the phase of a voltage/current."

Ok well I didn’t know about that and don't quite know how a number that cannot be represented by normal numbers could be used for something like that but I can accept there are things I don't know and may well not understand.
It's also useful for determining certain trigonometric functions.

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Originally posted by Suzianne
It's also useful for determining certain trigonometric functions.
Not only that, it is used in differential equations. I believe that among the Diff EQ's that use Euler's formula [e^(theta*i) = cos(theta) + i*sin(theta)] to obtain a solution, are equations used in finding resonance frequencies. Resonance, in building construction, is something to be avoided, so i does indeed have real world practical applications.

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Originally posted by joshbgosh10592
nope hint: ask me yes or no questions about what was in the cabin.
was there a well underneath the floor boards?- the movie the ring- if you saw it

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Is the cabin the type you find at the front of an aeroplane 🙂

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Originally posted by bloodyboy
was there a well underneath the floor boards?- the movie the ring- if you saw it
I did see it but no

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Originally posted by ambience
Is the cabin the type you find at the front of an aeroplane 🙂
yes if you know it just send me a message

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the plane crashed. the bloke died. the end, good night.

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Poor Bob. A little respect, please.

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Originally posted by rheymans
Not only that, it is used in differential equations. I believe that among the Diff EQ's that use Euler's formula [e^(theta*i) = cos(theta) + i*sin(theta)] to obtain a solution, are equations used in finding resonance frequencies. Resonance, in building construction, is something to be avoided, so i does indeed have real world practical applications.
Lol... I probably would have said that if I had gotten to Calculus in school... alas, I only got to Trig and a litlle Linear Algebra

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