document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=121335>Question 121335</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321356934/algebrahomeworkh>Demana, Waits,  Foley, Kennedy Precalculus Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic </A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me understand the method of arriving at the answer of this problem? Thank you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In my textbook this was the exercise question<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Write the product in standard form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2+3i)(2-i) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer in the back of the book was X= -4 +or- the sqrt of the fraction 8/3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't understand how they arrived at this answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2-i<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4+6i-2i-3i^2 (i^2)=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4-4i-3*-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4-4i+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7-4i ANSWER.<BR>\n" );
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