Beginning and intermediate algebra
in Algebra 2 Answers by

Your answer

Your name to display (optional):
Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications.
Anti-spam verification:
To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register.

1 Answer

 

The trick with complex fractions is to convert the complex denominators into real numbers, that is, remove any imaginary components. By doing this the whole fraction can be converted into a complex number which is now “rationalised”.

Take a general complex fraction: (a+ib)/(c+id), where a, b, c and d are real numbers. We need to get rid of c+id, so we multiply by (c-id)/(c-id).

The denominator becomes c²+d², while the numerator becomes:

(a+ib)(c-id)=ac+bd+i(bc-ad), so the real part of the fraction is (ac+bd)/(c²+d²) and the imaginary part is i(bc-ad)/(c²+d²).

by Top Rated User (1.2m points)

Related questions

1 answer
1 answer
1 answer
1 answer
1 answer
asked May 5, 2018 in Algebra 2 Answers by anonymous | 908 views
1 answer
asked Mar 10, 2013 in Algebra 2 Answers by anonymous | 592 views
Welcome to MathHomeworkAnswers.org, where students, teachers and math enthusiasts can ask and answer any math question. Get help and answers to any math problem including algebra, trigonometry, geometry, calculus, trigonometry, fractions, solving expression, simplifying expressions and more. Get answers to math questions. Help is always 100% free!
87,516 questions
100,279 answers
2,420 comments
732,297 users