SOLUTION: How do I add these complex numbers? (3-sqrt(-7))+(5+sqrt(-2))

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Question 608162: How do I add these complex numbers?
(3-sqrt(-7))+(5+sqrt(-2))

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


First put them in proper complex number form:



Then add the real part coefficients and the imaginary part coefficients. You have to leave like it is.

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