document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1091156>Question 1091156</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve the value  of  a and b if (4 + 9i)(-7-i)-(6-2i).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #705571 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=705571\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a problem involving arithmetic using complex numbers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is no different from working with polynomials, except that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you can use <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=i%5E2=-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"i%5E2=-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to simplify.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284+%2B+9i%29%28-7-i%29-%286-2i%29=-28-4i-63i-9i%5E2-%286-2i%29=-28-67i-9%28-1%29-%286-2i%29=-28-67i%2B9-%286-2i%29=-19-67i-%286-2i%29=-19-67i-6%2B2i=-25-65i ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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