Question 1026767: I am having trouble with this complex number question, finding the reciprocal of this (3-i)/2 Found 2 solutions by macston, MathTherapy:Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! Reciprocal: reverse numerator and denominator:
For (3-i)/2, reciprocal is 2/(3-i).
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To simplify denominator multiply by conjugate.
Conjugate of (3-i)=(3+i)
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Now that's better. This is much, much clearer now! ------- Reciprocal ---- Rationailizing denominator by multiplying fraction by the conjugate of the denominator ------ Replacing with - 1 ------> ------>