SOLUTION: find the absoulte value of -4-9i

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Question 405530: find the absoulte value of -4-9i
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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find the absolute value of -4-9i
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Absolute value mean distance.
For complex numbers it's the distance from 0 + 0i
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Ans: dist = sqrt[4^2+9^2]
= sqrt[16+81]
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= sqrt[97]
which is approximately 9.85..
Cheers,
Stan H.