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Name: _______________________________________ Alg 2+

Section 4 – 4 Notes
Complex Numbers

Review:
1) List the first 15 perfect squares.

2) Express the following in simplest radical form:


a) √ 49 b) √ 24 c) 5 √ 32

What happens if you are asked to simplify √−16 ?

When you have a negative under the square root symbol it is known as an ______________________.
The ______________________________________ is defined to be i2 = -1. The number i is the
principal square root of -1; that is, √ −1=i .

Numbers in the form 6i, -2i, and i √ 3 are called __________________________________________.


They are square roots of negative real numbers.
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Simplify: Express each number in terms of i and simplify.

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− √−9
1. √−36 2. −√−81 3. 3

4. √−3 5. −√−10 6. √−20

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√−72 − √−300
7. −√−28 8. 3 9. 2

Powers of i
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i= i = i3 = i4 =

i5 = i6 = i7 = i8 =

i9 = i10 = i11 = i12 =

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Products of Pure Imaginary Numbers

Simplify:
10. i31 11. i72 12. i24

13. i18 14. -5i(3i) 15. -3i3(7i)

16. √−20 ∙ √−12 17. √−6 ∙ √−1 5

Equations with Pure Imaginary Solutions

Solve the following for x.


18. x2 = 36 19. x2 = 9

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20. x2 + 64 = 0 21. 4x2 + 100 = 0

Operations with Complex Numbers

Consider 2+3i. Since 2 is a real number and 3i is a pure imaginary number, the terms are not like
terms and cannot be combined. This type of expression is called a complex number.

Complex number: any number that can be written in the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers
and i is the imaginary unit. "a" is called the ____________________, and "b" is called the
________________________________

Examples: 5 + 2i, 7 - 3i

22. Find the values of x and y that make 3x - 5 + (y - 3)i = 7 + 6i


(HINT: set the real parts equal to each other and the imaginary parts equal to each other)

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23. Find the values of x and y that make the equation true.
5x + 1 + (3 + 2y)i = 2x - 2 + (y - 6)i

Add and Subtract Complex Numbers

To add/subtract complex numbers, you combine the like terms.

24. (5 - 7i) + (2 + 4i) =

25. (4 + 6i) - (-1 + 2i) =

To multiply complex numbers, use FOIL.

26. (3 + 2i)(5 - 3i)

27. In an AC circuit, the voltage (V), current (C) and impedance (I) are related by the formula V = CI.
Find the voltage in a circuit with current 2 + 4i amps and impedance 9 - 3i ohms.

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Divide Complex Numbers

Two complex numbers in the form a + bi and a - bi are called ____________________________. The
product of complex conjugates is always a real number.

You cannot have an imaginary number in the denominator of a fraction.

Steps:
1) _____________________________________________________________________
2) _________________________________

2i 2+i
28. 29.
3+6 i 1−i

4+ i
30.
5i

Section 4 – 4 Practice

Write the expression as a complex number in standard form: a ± bi


1) ( 4 +i ) +(3+ i) 2) ( 5−2i ) +(−3+3 i)

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3) ( 6+5 i )−(2+3 i) 4) (−2+i )−(3−8i)

5) ( 9+i ) (5+ i) 6) ( 10+2 i ) (4−i)

7) ( 5−2i ) (−3+ 3i) 2


8) 4+ i

5 3+i
9) 1−3 i 10) 5+i

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7+i 2+9 i
11) 6−i
12) −3+4 i

13) i27 14) i80

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15) Solve for x: x2 = - 49 16) 4𝑥2 + 10 = 2𝑥2 − 40

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Section 4 – 4 HW

Textbook pg. 250 - 251 #18, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31, 35, 38, 39, 42, 43, 49, 50, 55

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