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$ {{\left[ {{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{18}}}\mathrm{+}{{\left( \dfrac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{i}} \right)}^{\mathrm{25}}} \right]}^{\mathrm{3}}} $
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$ {{\left[ {{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{18}}}\mathrm{+}{{\left( \dfrac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{i}} \right)}^{\mathrm{25}}} \right]}^{\mathrm{3}}}\mathrm{=}{{\left[ {{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{4 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 4+2}}}\mathrm{+}\dfrac{\mathrm{1}}{{{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{4 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 6+1}}}} \right]}^{\mathrm{3}}} $
$ \begin{align} & \mathrm{=}{{\left[ {{\left( {{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{4}}} \right)}^{\mathrm{4}}}\mathrm{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }{{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{2}}}\mathrm{+}\dfrac{\mathrm{1}}{{{\left( {{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{4}}} \right)}^{\mathrm{6}}}\mathrm{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ i}} \right]}^{\mathrm{3}}} \\ & \mathrm{=}{{\left[ {{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{2}}}\mathrm{+}\dfrac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{i}} \right]}^{\mathrm{3}}}\quad \left[ {{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{4}}}\mathrm{=1} \right] \\ & \mathrm{=}{{\left[ \mathrm{-1+}\dfrac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{i}}\mathrm{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\mathrm{i}}{\mathrm{i}} \right]}^{\mathrm{3}}}\quad \left[ {{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{2}}}\mathrm{=-1} \right] \\ & \mathrm{=}{{\left[ \mathrm{-1+}\dfrac{\mathrm{i}}{{{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{2}}}} \right]}^{\mathrm{3}}} \\ \end{align} $
$ \begin{align} & \mathrm{= }\!\![\!\!\text{ -1-i}{{\mathrm{ }\!\!]\!\!\text{ }}^{\mathrm{3}}} \\ & \mathrm{=(-1}{{\mathrm{)}}^{\mathrm{3}}}{{\mathrm{ }\!\![\!\!\text{ 1+i }\!\!]\!\!\text{ }}^{\mathrm{3}}} \\ & \mathrm{=-}\left[ {{\mathrm{1}}^{\mathrm{3}}}\mathrm{+}{{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{3}}}\mathrm{+3 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 1 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ i(1+i)} \right] \\ & \mathrm{=-}\left[ \mathrm{1+}{{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{3}}}\mathrm{+3i+3}{{\mathrm{i}}^{\mathrm{2}}} \right] \\ & \mathrm{=- }\!\![\!\!\text{ 1-i+3i-3 }\!\!]\!\!\text{ } \\ & \mathrm{=- }\!\![\!\!\text{ -2+2i }\!\!]\!\!\text{ } \\ & \mathrm{=2-2i} \\ \end{align} $
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