ACT Math · Complex numbers
What is (2+5i) + (7-3i)?
What is ?
Answer and explanation
Answer: F: 9 + 2i
Add the real parts and the imaginary parts separately: , choice F. Choice H () loses the sign of the imaginary part by computing or instead of . Choice G () subtracts the second number from the first, , which is subtraction, not addition, and mixes the order of the terms. Choice J () multiplies the parts instead of adding them. Adding complex numbers works like combining like terms, with treated as a variable.
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