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How do you combine #(8-8i) - (6-4i) #?

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Nov 20, 2015

Combine the Real and Imaginary components independently to get
#(2-4i)#

Explanation:

#(color(red)(8)-color(blue)(8i))-(color(red)(6)color(blue)(-4i))#

#color(red)("Real components") color(white)("X")color(red)(8 - 6 = 2)#

#color(blue)("Imaginary components")color(white)("X")color(blue)(-8i-(-4i) = -4i)#

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