SOLUTION: for what real values of x and y are the numbers -3+i^2 y and x^2+y+4i are conjugate complex

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Question 880289: for what real values of x and y are the numbers -3+i^2 y and x^2+y+4i are conjugate complex
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-3+i²y and x²+y+4i

Since i² = -1, which is a real number, the first one is
a real number but the second one is imaginary, so it is 
impossible for them to be conjugates!

That's because -3+i²y = -3+(-1)y = -3-y which is a 
real number and therefore it has no imaginary part. 

However x²+y+4i has an imaginary part, 4i.

Therefore no possible real numbers x and y will cause

-3+i²y and x²+y+4i to be conjugate comlex numbers, for
if a complex number has an imaginary part, its conjugate
must also have an imaginary part.

Are you sure you copied the problem correctly?

Edwin

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