SOLUTION: Please help me (5+i)+ (6-2i) when i tried, i tried solving this by distributing so this is what i got: 30-10i+6i-2i^2 30-4i+2 32-4i but the book's answer is 11-i. Can you

Question 5128: Please help me
(5+i)+ (6-2i)
when i tried, i tried solving this by distributing so this is what i got:
30-10i+6i-2i^2
30-4i+2
32-4i
but the book's answer is 11-i. Can you please explain to me step by step how to reach this point? Thanks!!!

Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What you did, you MULTIPLIED the complex numbers together, and you did it right I might add. The problem says to ADD the complex numbers, and all you have to do is combine like terms.

5+6 = 11 and i - 2i = -i.

Final answer is 11-i.

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