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What is the answer to this? i can’t figure it out.-example-1
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Answer:

25 +0i

Explanation:

The conjugate of a complex number is that number with the sign of the imaginary part reversed.

For z = -3+4i, its conjugate z* is -3-4i. The product of z and z* is ...

(-3 +4i)(-3 -4i) = -3(-3 -4i) +4i(-3 -4i)

= 9 +12i -12i -16i² = 9 +16 = 25

The real part of the product is 25; the imaginary part is 0.

(-3 +4i)(-3 -4i) = 25 +0i

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You may have noticed that (z)(z*) = |z|², the sum of the squares of the real and imaginary parts. It is always a non-negative real number.

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