Here's a video by mathman1024 explaining how to add and subtract complex numbers. The standard form for complex numbers is a+bi. An quick example is 3+5i.
So adding or subtracting complex numbers is super easy. You add or subtract the real parts and add or subtract the imaginary parts. In other words, you combine like terms. The first example he looks at is: (5+7i)+(3−12i).
==(5+7i)+(3−12i)5+7i+3−12i8−5i
He goes over another example. Try this yourself and see if you get the same answer.
- (11−3i)−(2+10i)
He then does an example about multiplying a complex number. He does a simple example: 5(3−7i). To solve this we just apply the distributive property.
==5(3−7i)5∗3−5∗7i15−35i
He goes over another example. Try this yourself and see if you get the same answer.
- 4i(7+8i)
In this video he combines adding and subtracting with multiplying.
The first example is: 5(7−4i)−3i(10+5i).
===5(7−4i)−3i(10+5i)35−20i−30i−15i235−20i−30i−15(−1)50−50i