Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}(12-i)^2& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}144-24i+i^2 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}144-24i-1 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}-24i+143\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Find $ \left(12-i\right)^2 $ using formula. $$ (A - B)^2 = \color{blue}{A^2} - 2 \cdot A \cdot B + \color{red}{B^2} $$where $ A = \color{blue}{ 12 } $ and $ B = \color{red}{ i }$. $$ \begin{aligned}\left(12-i\right)^2 = \color{blue}{12^2} -2 \cdot 12 \cdot i + \color{red}{i^2} = 144-24i+i^2\end{aligned} $$ |
② | $$ i^2 = -1 $$ |
③ | Combine like terms: $$ -24i+ \color{blue}{144} \color{blue}{-1} = -24i+ \color{blue}{143} $$ |