Complex Numbers: Multiplication
Worked Solution:
( 8 – 4 j ) ( –3 – j )
= 8 ( –3 – j) –4 j( –3 – j)
= –24 – 8 j + 12 j + 4 j2 but j2 = –1:
= –24 + 4 j – 4
= –28 + 4 j
AS Further Pure Mathematics (MEI Structured Mathematics FP1) Third Edition (2004) pages 46-50