William Sydney Porter tried to perform the calculation (3 + 4i)/(1 - 2i). However, he accidentally missed the minus sign, finding (3 + 4i)/(1 + 2i) = 11/5 - 2/5*i.
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What answer should he have obtained?
Multiply the numerator and denominator by 1 + 2i
to get
(-5 + 10i)/5 = -1 + 2i