SOLUTION: Simplify: (5-i squrt3)(5+i sqrt3) Thank you, thank you, thank you! You guys are life savers! Carolyn:)

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Question 50648: Simplify:
(5-i squrt3)(5+i sqrt3)
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You guys are life savers!
Carolyn:)

Answer by rapaljer(4671)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Just FOIL it out, and the middle term will subtract out:
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Remember that i^2 = -1, so



R^2 at SCC

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