Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}-(8-6i)-2i& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}-8+6i-2i \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}4i-8\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Remove the parentheses by changing the sign of each term within them. $$ - \left(8-6i \right) = -8+6i $$ |
| ② | Combine like terms: $$ -8+ \color{blue}{6i} \color{blue}{-2i} = \color{blue}{4i} -8 $$ |