SOLUTION: standard form -1/-1-2i

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Question 48296: standard form
-1/-1-2i
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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-1/-1-2i
= 1/(1+2i)
Multiply numerator and denominator by 1-2i to get:
=(1-2i)/[(1+2i)(1-2i)]
= (1-2i)/(1+4)
= (1-2i)/5
Cheers,
Stan H.