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Algebra.Com's Answer #242682 by Edwin McCravy(20060)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "(6+8i)-(9-5i)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Remove the parentheses\r\n" );
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document.write( "6+8i-9+5i\r\n" );
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document.write( "Collect like terms:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-3+13i\r\n" );
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document.write( "So as you see, it didn't require any knowledge of imaginary numbers\r\n" );
document.write( "to do this problem, but just the most basic algebra.  :-)\r\n" );
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