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Simplify

(-6i)(-7-6i)-(7i)(3-2i)

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Notice that this expression is a difference: this less that. We MUST perform the two products BEFORE subtracting the 2nd from the first.

(-6i)(-7-6i) becomes 42i + 36i^2, or 42i -36

-(7i)(3-2i) becomes -[21i - 14i^2], or -[21i + 14]

Combine these two products.

42i-21i -36 -14

21i - 50 (answer)
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