SOLUTION: (4 - i)(4 + i) i had 16 + 4i -4i - 0 but i think im doing this completely wrong . I would provide you with the book, but my class does not learn off of books therefore I do

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Question 190277: (4 - i)(4 + i)
i had 16 + 4i -4i - 0
but i think im doing this completely wrong . I would provide you with the book, but my class does not learn off of books therefore I do not have one.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression.


FOIL.


Multiply.


Replace with . Note: .


Multiply.


Combine like terms.


So .


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