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John states that the product of two real numbers is a real number. Extending this to imaginary numbers John states that the product of two imaginary numbers must be imaginary. Is his statement correct?

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no because these "imaginary numbers" can have the same value as 2 real numbers that add up to a real number. Example:7 3+4=7 x+y (Algebra so not real numbers)= infinite possibilities

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