How do you simplify #6/ (2+3i)#?
1 Answer
Jan 10, 2016
Explanation:
To divide this expression we attempt to rationalise the denominator ie. We attempt to make it an integer value. To do this we use the following :
Given the complex number a + bi then the complex conjugate is
a - bi
note the following for multiplying
(a + bi )(a - bi )
now
we now multiply the numerator and denominator by (2 - 3i )
multiply out the brackets gives:
rewriting in the form a + bi , we get that