SOLUTION: True or False....
1 + 3/(2 − i) = 5 - i
Can you provide a detailed explanation of how you found the solution?
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Question 188637: True or False....
1 + 3/(2 − i) = 5 - i
Can you provide a detailed explanation of how you found the solution?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the left side of the given equation.
Multiply the fraction by (this is to make the denominator a real number)
FOIL
Plug in
Rewrite the denominator
Add
Distribute
Multiply the first term 1 by
Combine the fractions
Combine like terms.
Break up the fraction
Since and , this means that
So consequently
So the statement is false.
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