SOLUTION: Multiply the complex numbers. (5 + 2i)(2

SOLUTION: Multiply the complex numbers. (5 + 2i)(2 - i)

Question 144741: Multiply the complex numbers.

(5 + 2i)(2 - i)

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given expression

Now let's FOIL the expression

Remember, when you FOIL an expression, you follow this procedure:

Multiply the First terms:

Multiply the Outer terms:

Multiply the Inner terms:

Multiply the Last terms:

Now collect every term to make a single expression

Now combine like terms

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Answer:
So foils and simplifies to

In other words,

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