How do you add $(2-5i)+(7-i)$ in trigonometric form?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-22T23:44:00

$9-6i$

We define the addition of two complex numbers $a+bi$ and $c+di$ as follows

$(a+bi)+(c+di):=(a+c)+(b+d)i$

So

$(2-5i)+(7-i)=(2+7)+(-5-1)i=9-6i$

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