SOLUTION: Write the complex number 2-i (over) 5+i in the usual a + bi form

Question 189232: Write the complex number
2-i
(over)
5+i
in the usual a + bi form
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression.

Multiply the fraction by .

Combine the fractions.

FOIL the numerator.

FOIL the denominator.

Multiply.

Combine like terms.

Break up the fraction.

Reduce.

So .

So the expression is now in standard form where and
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