SOLUTION: What is the absolute value? |-3+4i|

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Question 822481: What is the absolute value? |-3+4i|
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The real and imaginary components form a length. You could try pythagorean theorem.

The real and imaginary components are legs and what you want is a hypotenuse.
size+=+sqrt%28%28-3%29%5E2%2B%284%29%5E2%29
size+=+sqrt%289%2B16%29=sqrt%2825%29
size+=5