document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=403108>Question 403108</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  (-4+3i)-(8+i) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #285080 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rvquartz><B>rvquartz(19)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rvquartz><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rvquartz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=285080\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the 'i' portion is the 'imaginary part'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the 'non-i' portion is the 'real part'\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when you have a number with both a real part and an imaginary part, it is called a complex number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the 'real parts' and 'imaginary parts' are orthogonal; that kind of means that they 'exist in their own separate dimensions'\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "because of that, you can perform addition and subtraction operations on both parts of a complex number independently\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we are SUBTRACTING one complex number from another complex number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "real part:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4 MINUS 8 = -12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "imaginary part:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3i MINUS i = 2i\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the answer is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-12 + 2i)  </SPAN>\n" );
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