Given \( 2-3 i=\sqrt{a+b i} \) find \( a \) and \( b \)
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First, we square both sides of the equation to get rid of the square root: \((2-3i)^2 = a+bi\) Expanding the left side gives: \(4 - 12i + 9i^2 = a + bi\) Show more…
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