Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Complex Numbers, Polar Equations, and Parametric Equations - Section 8.1 Complex Numbers - 8.1 Exercises - Page 357: 12

Answer

complex, non-real complex

Work Step by Step

If $a$ and $b$ are real numbers, then any number of the form $a+bi$ is a complex number. Since $a=-6$ and $b=-2$ and both $a$ and $b$ are real numbers, $-6-2i$ is a complex number. Non-real complex numbers are complex numbers of the form $a+bi$ where $b\ne0$. Since $-6-2i$ fufills these prerequisites, it can be labelled as a non-real complex number as well.
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