Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 11 - Additional Topics - 11.4 - Complex Numbers - Problem Set 11.4 - Page 493: 30

Answer

$-16-4i$

Work Step by Step

We first use the distributive property to simplify. Then, we combine like terms to obtain: $(-8-2i)-(8+2i)$ =$-8-2i-8-2i$ =$-8-8-2i-2i$ =$-16-4i$
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