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Perform the indicated operation. Write the answer in the form a + bi.

Perform the indicated operation. Write the answer in the form a + bi.-example-1
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Okay, here we have this:

Considering the provided expression, we are going to perform the requested operation, so we obtain the following:


\begin{gathered} (8-5i)^2+(8+5i)^2 \\ =-80i+64-25+80i+64-25 \\ =39+39 \\ =78 \end{gathered}

Finally we obtain that the correct answer is the option A.

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