A question on rotation transformations?

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So I have these questions... enter image description here

and these are the answers... enter image description here

Now I can see that they have used the angle $\frac{\pi}{2}$ where $\theta$ goes in $e^{i\theta}$ but otherwise I can't see the logic in this, I haven't been given any formulas to say what $z$ or $z'$ is equal to? Are they using $z=re^{i\theta}$?

Sorry if this is basic stuff but this lecturer struggles to even get that across to us?

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You probably know that any complex number can be written in "polar" form: $z = re^{i\theta}$. Then, if $z = pe^{i\alpha}$ and $w = qe^{i\beta}$, we have $$ zw = (pq)e^{i(\alpha+\beta)} $$ Further explanation given here. So, in particular, suppose $z = re^{i\alpha}$, and consider the complex number $$ z' = z \, e^{i\theta} = r e^{i(\alpha+\theta)} $$ We see that $z'$ has the same magnitude as the original $z$, but $\arg(z') = \alpha +\theta = \arg(z) + \theta$. In other words, $z'$ is obtained by rotating $z$ through an angle $\theta$ around the origin. This means that the mapping $z \mapsto z \, e^{i\theta}$ performs a rotation by an angle $\theta$ around the origin.