Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}(2-9i)\cdot(-3+9i)& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}-6+18i+27i-81i^2 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}-81i^2+45i-6\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply each term of $ \left( \color{blue}{2-9i}\right) $ by each term in $ \left( -3+9i\right) $. $$ \left( \color{blue}{2-9i}\right) \cdot \left( -3+9i\right) = -6+18i+27i-81i^2 $$ |
| ② | Combine like terms: $$ -6+ \color{blue}{18i} + \color{blue}{27i} -81i^2 = -81i^2+ \color{blue}{45i} -6 $$ |