About this video
The video adds the complex numbers 5 + 2i and 3 - 7i. It shows that you add the real parts together and the imaginary parts together, giving 8 - 5i.
You'll be able to
- add two complex numbers by adding real parts and imaginary parts separately.
- combine imaginary terms like 2i - 7i = -5i.
Key words
- complex number
- A number with a real part and an imaginary part, like 5 + 2i.
- real part
- The part with no i; in 3 - 7i it is 3.
- imaginary part
- The multiple of i; in 3 - 7i it is -7.
Transcript
We're asked to add the complex number 5 plus 2i to the other complex number 3 minus 7i. And as we'll see, when we're adding complex numbers, you can only add the real parts to each other and you can only add the imaginary parts to each other. So let's add the real parts.
So we have a 5 plus a 3. And then the imaginary parts-- we have a 2i. So plus 2i. And then we have a negative 7i, or we're subtracting 7i. So minus 7i right over here. And 5 plus 3-- that's pretty straightforward. That's just going to be 8. And then if I have two of something and from that I subtract seven of that something-- and in this case, the something is the imaginary unit, the number i.
If I have two i's and I take away seven i's, then I have negative five i's. 2 minus 7 is negative 5. So then I have negative 5i. So when you add these two complex numbers, you get 8 minus 5i. You get another complex number. It has a real part and an imaginary part.
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