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Example Question #6 : Imaginary Numbers
Evaluate:
Example Question #1221 : High School Math
What is the absolute value of
The absolute value is a measure of the distance of a point from the origin. Using the pythagorean distance formula to calculate this distance.
Example Question #5 : Imaginary Numbers
Which of the following is equivalent to:
Recall that .
Then, we have that .
Note that we used the power rule of exponents and the order of operations to simplify the exponent before multiplying by the coefficient.
Example Question #2021 : Mathematical Relationships And Basic Graphs
Simplify the expression.
None of the other answer choices are correct.
Combine like terms. Treat as if it were any other variable.
Substitute to eliminate .
Simplify.
Example Question #1 : Imaginary Numbers
Which of the following is equivalent to ?
None of the other answer choices are correct.
Recall the basic property of imaginary numbers, .
Keeping this in mind, .
Example Question #1222 : High School Math
Simplify
Multiplying top and bottom by the complex conjugate eliminates i from the denominator
Example Question #2 : Using Expressions With Complex Numbers
Multiply, then simplify.
Use FOIL to multiply. We can treat as a variable for now, just as if it were an .
Combine like terms.
Now we can substitute for .
Simplify.
Example Question #1 : Using Expressions With Complex Numbers
Which of the following is equivalent to , where ?
We will need to simplify the rational expression by removing imaginary terms from the denominator. Often in such problems, we want to multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator, which will usually eliminate the imaginary term from the denominator.
In this problem, the denominator is . Remember that, in general, the conjugate of the complex number is equal to , where a and b are both nonzero constants. Thus, the conjugate of is equal to .
We need to multiply both the numerator and denominator of the fraction by .
Next, we use the FOIL method to simplify both the numerator and denominator. The FOIL method of binomial multiplication requires us to mutiply together the first, outside, inner, and last terms of each binomial and then sum them.
Now, we can start simplifying.
Use the fact that .
The answer is .
Example Question #2 : Using Expressions With Complex Numbers
Simplify the following complex number expression:
Begin by factoring the radical expression using imaginary numbers:
Now, multiply the factors:
Simplify. Remember that is equivalent to
Example Question #4 : Using Expressions With Complex Numbers
Simplify the following complex number expression:
Begin by completing the square:
Now, multiply the factors. Remember that is equivalent to
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