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Find (4i)(2i).

Express your answer in the standard form of a complex number.

 Sep 30, 2015
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Here is a step by step solution. Go over it carefully and try to see how it's done. Good luck.

 

Simplify the following:
4 i×2 i
Combine products of like terms.
4 i×2 i = 4 i^2×2:
4 i^2×2
Evaluate i^2.
i^2 = -1:
4×-1×2
Multiply 4 and -2 together.
4 (-2)  =  -8:
Answer: | 
| -8

 Sep 30, 2015

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