Precalculus Examples

$(2 + 2 i) - (14 + 16 i)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$2 + 2 i - 1 \cdot 14 - (16 i)$

Step 1.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $14$ .

$2 + 2 i - 14 - (16 i)$

Step 1.3

Multiply $16$ by $- 1$ .

$2 + 2 i - 14 - 16 i$

$2 + 2 i - 14 - 16 i$

Step 2

Simplify by adding terms.

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Step 2.1

Subtract $14$ from $2$ .

$- 12 + 2 i - 16 i$

Step 2.2

Subtract $16 i$ from $2 i$ .

$- 12 - 14 i$

$- 12 - 14 i$

$[\begin{array}{c} x^{2} & \frac{1}{2} \\ \sqrt{π} & \int x d x \end{array}]$