SOLUTION: Divide the complex numbers. Write the answer in the form a + bi. -8+3i/5+7i A. -19/74 + 71/74 i B. 19/74 - 71/74 i C. -19/74 - 71/74 i D. 19/74 + 71/74 i

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Question 1136347: Divide the complex numbers. Write the answer in the form a + bi.
-8+3i/5+7i
A. -19/74 + 71/74 i
B. 19/74 - 71/74 i
C. -19/74 - 71/74 i
D. 19/74 + 71/74 i
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Divide the complex numbers. Write the answer in the form a + bi.
-8+3i/5+7i
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To do that, multiply the NUM and the DEN by the conjugate of the DEN.
Conjugate is (5 - 7i)