Suppose z is a complex number such that z3=100+75i. Find ∣z∣.
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Since z3=100+75i, we must have ∣z3∣=∣100+75i∣=∣25(4+3i)∣=25∣4+3i∣=25(5)=125. We also have ∣z∣3=∣z∣⋅∣z∣⋅∣z∣=∣(z)(z)(z)∣=∣z3∣, so ∣z3∣=125 means that ∣z∣3=125, which gives us ∣z∣=3125=5.