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A complex number is a number of the form
\n" ); document.write( "\"a%2Bbi\"
\n" ); document.write( "where a and b are real numbers and i is the solution to
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\n" ); document.write( "The \"a\" component is called the real part and the \"bi\" part is called the imaginary part.
\n" ); document.write( "Complex numbers have excellent uses in the fields of mathematics and engineering.
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