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The term where i=sqrt(-1) is most nearly: 

1 Answer

James Dowd

Updated on December 25th, 2020

To solve this problem, we can first begin to simplify both the numerator and denominator:

(1-i)2(1+i)2=(1-i)(1-i)(1+i)(1+i)=1-2i+i21+2i+i2 

Since we know i = -1, we also know i2=-1.

Plugging this back into our expression:

1-2i+i21+2i+i2=1-2i+(-1)1+2i+(-1)=-2i2i=-1

Therefore, our answer is -1.

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