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Help. divide and simplify(104i)/(3+i) express a in a + bi form

User Gregn
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Here we're dividing, but what actually happens is that we get the " i " out of the denominator:


104i 104i 3-i 312i + 104 312i + 104
------- = --------- * -------- = --------------- = ----------------
3+i 3+i 3-i 9+1 10

Note that 3-i is the "conjugate" of 3+i.
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