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algebra senior

Problem

William Sydney Porter tried to perform the calculation . However, he accidentally missed the minus sign, finding . What answer should he have obtained?
Solution
To perform division in complex numbers, we multiply both the numerator and the denominator by the conjugate of the denominator. In this case, the conjugate of is . Multiplying:
Final answer
1+2i