Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}1+i-\frac{5-12i}{13}\cdot(-1-2i)& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}1+i-\frac{24i^2+2i-5}{13} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}1+i-\frac{-24+2i-5}{13} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}1+i-\frac{2i-29}{13} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{11i+42}{13}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $ \dfrac{5-12i}{13} $ by $ -1-2i $ to get $ \dfrac{24i^2+2i-5}{13} $. Step 1: Write $ -1-2i $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{5-12i}{13} \cdot -1-2i & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{5-12i}{13} \cdot \frac{-1-2i}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( 5-12i \right) \cdot \left( -1-2i \right) }{ 13 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ -5-10i+12i+24i^2 }{ 13 } = \frac{24i^2+2i-5}{13} \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | $$ 24i^2 = 24 \cdot (-1) = -24 $$ |
| ③ | Combine like terms: $$ \color{blue}{-24} +2i \color{blue}{-5} = 2i \color{blue}{-29} $$ |
| ④ | Subtract $ \dfrac{2i-29}{13} $ from $ 1+i $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 11i+42 } }{ 13 }$. Step 1: Write $ 1+i $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |