Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{4}{2-3i}+\frac{2}{1+i}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{-2i+8}{-3i^2-i+2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{-2i+8}{3-i+2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-2i+8}{-i+5} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{21-i}{13}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Add $ \dfrac{4}{2-3i} $ and $ \dfrac{2}{1+i} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -2i+8 } }{ -3i^2-i+2 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ② | $$ -3i^2 = -3 \cdot (-1) = 3 $$ |
| ③ | Simplify denominator $$ \color{blue}{3} -i+ \color{blue}{2} = -i+ \color{blue}{5} $$ |
| ④ | Divide $ \, 8-2i \, $ by $ \, 5-i \, $ to get $\,\, \dfrac{21-i}{13} $. ( view steps ) |