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Ch. 1 - Equations and Inequalities
Blitzer - College Algebra 8th Edition
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Capitolo 2, Problema 95

In Exercises 95–99, perform the indicated operations and write the result in standard form. 4/(2 + i)(3 - i)

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Rewrite the given expression: \( \frac{4}{(2 + i)(3 - i)} \). The goal is to simplify this expression and write it in standard form \( a + bi \), where \( a \) and \( b \) are real numbers.
First, simplify the denominator by multiplying \( (2 + i) \) and \( (3 - i) \) using the distributive property (FOIL method): \( (2 + i)(3 - i) = 2 \cdot 3 + 2 \cdot (-i) + i \cdot 3 + i \cdot (-i) \).
Combine like terms in the denominator: \( 6 - 2i + 3i - i^2 \). Recall that \( i^2 = -1 \), so substitute \( -1 \) for \( i^2 \) and simplify further.
Now, simplify the numerator and denominator of the fraction. The numerator remains \( 4 \), and the denominator is the simplified result from the previous step. Write the fraction as \( \frac{4}{\text{simplified denominator}} \).
To eliminate the imaginary part in the denominator, multiply both the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator. The conjugate of \( a + bi \) is \( a - bi \). Simplify the resulting expression and write it in standard form \( a + bi \).

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