SOLUTION: please help me on -3+i finding the absolute value step by step.

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Question 721368: please help me on -3+i finding the absolute value step by step.
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) About Me  (Show Source):
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For a complex number in a + bi form, the absolute value (better known as the magnitude) is sqrt%28a%5E2%2Bb%5E2%29.

Your "a" is -1 and your "b" is 1. So your magnitude is:
sqrt%28%28-3%29%5E2%2B%281%29%5E2%29+=+sqrt%289%2B1%29+=+sqrt%2810%29