SOLUTION: Select any imaginary number (of the form "a + bi" where a and b are non-zero real numbers), and turn it into a real number by using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,

SOLUTION: Select any imaginary number (of the form "a + bi" where a and b are non-zero real numbers), and turn it into a real number by using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,

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Question 196929: Select any imaginary number (of the form "a + bi" where a and b are non-zero real numbers), and turn it into a real number by using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or exponentiation.
Answer by RAY100(1637) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The complex conjugate operation applies
.
(a+bi) (a-bi) = a^2 -abi +abi -b^2i^2 = a^2 +b^2
.
with i^2 = -1
.
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