A mathematical operation of adding a complex number to another complex number is called the addition of complex numbers.
The complex numbers are often appeared in an expression by connecting them with a plus sign. It expresses that we have to calculate the sum of them mathematically. So, it is essential to know how to add two or more complex numbers.
There are three fundamental steps that we use to find the sum of the complex numbers in mathematics.
$a+ib$ and $c+id$ are two complex numbers in algebraic form. Let us learn how to add them mathematically
Write the complex numbers in a line but display a plus sign between every two complex numbers.
$(a+bi)+(c+di)$
$\implies$ $(a+bi)+(c+di)$ $\,=\,$ $a+bi+c+di$
Write the real and imaginary parts of the complex numbers closer to perform the addition of them.
$\implies$ $(a+bi)+(c+di)$ $\,=\,$ $a+c+bi+di$
Take out the imaginary unit common from the imaginary numbers in the expression.
$\implies$ $(a+bi)+(c+di)$ $\,=\,$ $a+c+i(b+d)$
Finally, add the real numbers in the real and imaginary parts of the expression to get the sum of them.
$\implies$ $(a+bi)+(c+di)$ $\,=\,$ $(a+c)+i(b+d)$
$\implies$ $(a+bi)+(c+di)$ $\,=\,$ $(a+c)+(b+d)i$
Thus, we find the sum of the complex numbers in mathematics.
Let’s take $a+c = x$ and $b+d = y$, then express it in terms of $x$ and $y$.
$\implies$ $(a+bi)+(c+di)$ $\,=\,$ $x+yi$
It proves that the sum of two or more complex numbers is also a complex number.
Find the sum of $2+3i$ and $4+5i$
$(2+3i)+(4+5i)$
$= \,\,\,$ $2+3i+4+5i$
$= \,\,\,$ $2+4+3i+5i$
$= \,\,\,$ $2+4+i(3+5)$
$= \,\,\,$ $6+i(8)$
$= \,\,\,$ $6+i8$
$= \,\,\,$ $6+8i$
It is evaluated that the sum of the complex numbers $2+3i$ and $4+5i$ is also a complex number $6+8i$.
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