FOIL out the left side: Use the fact that i²= -1 to substitute (-1) for i² Simplify the third term on the left: The 2 REAL terms (that DON'T have i) on the left must equal the REAL term on the right (that DOESN'T have i) so: The IMAGINARY terms on the left (that DO have i) must equal the IMAGINARY term on the right (that DOES have i), so: Divide through by i: So we have the system of equations: Solve that system (preferably by the elimination method): and Edwin