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Question 178591: help! i dont understand this problem...i know what real and imaginary numbers are but this one really confused me! thanks!
Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number.
-8/9 i
1 ___ (real part)
2 ___(imaginary part)

Found 3 solutions by cartert, Mathtut, Fombitz:
Answer by cartert(27)   (Show Source):
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real numbers are any positive number from 0 - infinity
imaginary numbers are a - z and neg. infinity - 0

so the amswer would be
1). 9
2). -8

Answer by Mathtut(3670)   (Show Source):
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the real part is 0 this would be written as 0-(8/9)i
imaginary part is -8/9i

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source):
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Please help me here.
Is the problem
or is it
??
It makes a big difference.
If the problem

then the number is the same as

and the real part is
and the imaginary part is
.
.
.
If the problem is
then you need to multiply by (9i/9i) to get rid of i in the denominator.