Fill in the blank with one of the words or phrases listed below. $$\begin{array} { l l l }
\text { index rationalizing } & \text { conjugate } & \text { principal square rootcube root midpoint } \
\text { complex numberlike radicals } & \text { radicand } & \text { imaginary unit } \quad \text { distance }
\end{array}$$
-A(n) -----------is a number that can be written in the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers.
A) distance
B) conjugate
C) complex number
D) radicand

Question

Fill in the blank with one of the words or phrases listed below. $$\begin{array} { l l l } 
\text { index rationalizing } & \text { conjugate } & \text { principal square rootcube root midpoint } \
\text { complex numberlike radicals } & \text { radicand } & \text { imaginary unit } \quad \text { distance }
\end{array}$$
-A(n) -----------is a number that can be written in the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers.
A) distance
B) conjugate
C) complex number
D) radicand

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A complex number is defined as a number that can be written in the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers, and i is the imaginary unit.

Fill in the Blank with One of the Words or Phrases