How do you use complex numbers?
Better get a textbook that explains this in more detail. You can
also get a brief summary at Wikipedia, or other online sites.
In any case, here is a brief summary.
For addition and substraction, you add (or subtract) the real
and imaginary parts separately. For example, (4 + 3i) + (7 - 2i) =
11 + 1.
For multiplication, multiply each part of one number with each
part of the other number - and remember that i2 = -1. For example,
(4 + 3i) x (7 - 2i) = 28 - 8i + 21i - 6i2 = 28 + 13i - 6(-1) = 34 +
13i.
Division is a bit more complicated. For example, to divide by (3
+ 4i) you have to multiply numerator and denominator by the complex
conjugate of this number, that is, change the sign of the imaginary
part; in this case, (3 - 4i).
Multiplication and division are actually quite a lot easier if
you convert the complex number to polar coordinates, that is, a
distance and an angle. Here is a quick example: (4 angle 30
degrees) x (5 angle 20 degrees) = (4 x 5) angle (30 + 20 degrees) =
20 angle 50 degrees (a length of 20, at an angle of 50 degrees).
Most scientific calculators have special functions to convert from
rectangular to polar coordinates and back.