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Ch. 1 - Equations and Inequalities
Blitzer - College Algebra 8th Edition
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Capitolo 2, Problema 5

In Exercises 1–8, add or subtract as indicated and write the result in standard form. 6 - (- 5 + 4i) - (- 13 - i)

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Identify the expression to simplify: \(6 - (-5 + 4i) - (-13 - i)\).
Apply the distributive property to remove the parentheses by changing the signs inside each set of parentheses preceded by a minus sign: \(6 + 5 - 4i + 13 + i\).
Group the real parts together and the imaginary parts together: \((6 + 5 + 13) + (-4i + i)\).
Add the real numbers: \(6 + 5 + 13\), and add the imaginary coefficients: \(-4 + 1\).
Write the final expression in standard form $a + bi$, where \(a\) is the sum of the real parts and \(b\) is the sum of the imaginary coefficients.

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