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I need help remover the steps to solve this problem 4i(6-2i)

User Capede
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Basically, you just have to distribute, while remembering that i^2 = -1. So:

4i(6-2i)

Turns into:

(4i*6)-(4i*2i)

Which is easy:

24i - 8i^2

We figured out that i^2 = -1, so:

24i-8(-1) = 24i+8

And that's your answer!
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