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Algebra Difficulty 3.1 AMC 10/12 Find the answer

Given that (sinα35)+(cosα45)i(\sin α- \frac {3}{5})+(\cos α- \frac {4}{5})i is a pure imaginary number (where ii is the imaginary unit), find the value of sin(α+π4)\sin (α+ \frac {π}{4}).

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Solution

Since (sinα35)+(cosα45)i(\sin α- \frac {3}{5})+(\cos α- \frac {4}{5})i is a pure imaginary number, we have {sinα35=0,cosα450.\begin{cases} \sin α- \frac {3}{5}=0, \\ \cos α- \frac {4}{5}\neq 0. \end{cases}

From the first equation, we find that sinα=35\sin α = \frac {3}{5}. The second part of the condition, cosα450\cos α- \frac {4}{5}\neq 0, implies that cosα\cos α is not equal to 45\frac {4}{5}.

Now we need to determine the quadrant of the angle αα. Since the sine of αα is positive and cosα45\cos α \neq \frac {4}{5}, we deduce that αα must be in the second quadrant where cosine is negative. Therefore, cosα=45\cos α=-\frac {4}{5}.

Using the angle addition formula for sine, we get
sin(α+π4)=sinαcosπ4+cosαsinπ4=35224522=210.\sin (α+ \frac {π}{4})= \sin α \cos \frac {π}{4} + \cos α \sin \frac {π}{4} = \frac {3}{5} \cdot \frac {\sqrt {2}}{2} - \frac {4}{5} \cdot \frac {\sqrt {2}}{2} = -\frac {\sqrt {2}}{10}.

Hence, the answer is 210\boxed{-\frac {\sqrt {2}}{10}}.

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