Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}-2i^2+7i& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}2+7i \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}7i+2\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | $$ -2i^2 = -2 \cdot (-1) = 2 $$ |
| ② | Combine like terms: $$ 7i+2 = 7i+2 $$ |