Overview of Complex Numbers

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Taught by mrbrianmclogan
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This lesson provides an overview of complex numbers, explaining the structure of a complex number as a real part plus an imaginary part, and the importance of the real and imaginary parts being equal for two complex numbers to be equal. It also delves into the concept of i as the square root of negative one and how to rationalize the denominator when it involves i. Additionally, it demonstrates the usefulness of conjugate pairs of imaginary numbers when eliminating i from a denominator.

Lesson Description:

Overview of complex numbers

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Questions answered by this video:
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    • Currently 2.0/5 Stars.
    There was a mistake in a+bi+c+di =>(a+b)+(b+d)i It should be (a+c)+(b+d)i