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Introduction to Imaginary Numbers - Problem 3
The absolute value of a complex number is the distance from the point to the origin when the number is graphed in the complex plane. Using the distance formula or the Pythagorean Theorem, we have the formula |a + bi| = root (a squared plus b squared) . Use just the coefficients as "a" and "b"- don't include the "i". Your result should be real - not imaginary.
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