Question

15 POINTS FOR CORRECT PERSON!! PLEASE HELP The product (5+ i ) (5-i) is a real number, 26. What are the factors (5+i) and (5-i) called? Imaginary units Complex conjugates Imaginary numbers Or complex numbers?

Answer 1

Answer:

Complex numbers

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$(5 + i)$ and $(5 - i)$

Required

Determine what both factors are called

From the list of given options. option "complex numbers" answer the question correctly

This is because when numbers are written in form $a + bi$ where $b \neq 0$ and $i = \sqrt{-1}$;  such a number are referred to as complex number

Some other examples are:

$-7 + 3i$

$2 - 7i$

$4 + i$

And lots more