Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}-(8+6i)+7i-1& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}-8-6i+7i-1 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}i-9\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Remove the parentheses by changing the sign of each term within them. $$ - \left(8+6i \right) = -8-6i $$ |
| ② | Combine like terms: $$ \color{blue}{-8} \color{red}{-6i} + \color{red}{7i} \color{blue}{-1} = \color{red}{i} \color{blue}{-9} $$ |