Question
Simplify the expression
ix6+(3−6i)x5+(−18+9i)x4+27x3
Evaluate
(x−3)(x−3)(x3i)(x−3i)
Remove the parentheses
(x−3)(x−3)x3i(x−3i)
Use the commutative property to reorder the terms
(x−3)(x−3)ix3(x−3i)
Multiply the first two terms
(x−3)2ix3(x−3i)
Use the commutative property to reorder the terms
ix3(x−3)2(x−3i)
Expand the expression
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Evaluate
(x−3)2
Use (a−b)2=a2−2ab+b2 to expand the expression
x2−2x×3+32
Calculate
x2−6x+9
ix3(x2−6x+9)(x−3i)
Multiply the terms
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Evaluate
ix3(x2−6x+9)
Apply the distributive property
ix3×x2−ix3×6x+ix3×9
Multiply the terms
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Evaluate
x3×x2
Use the product rule an×am=an+m to simplify the expression
x3+2
Add the numbers
x5
ix5−ix3×6x+ix3×9
Multiply the terms
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Evaluate
ix3×6x
Multiply the numbers
6ix3×x
Multiply the terms
6ix4
ix5−6ix4+ix3×9
Multiply the numbers
ix5−6ix4+9ix3
(ix5−6ix4+9ix3)(x−3i)
Apply the distributive property
ix5×x−ix5×3i−6ix4×x−(−6ix4×3i)+9ix3×x−9ix3×3i
Multiply the terms
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Evaluate
x5×x
Use the product rule an×am=an+m to simplify the expression
x5+1
Add the numbers
x6
ix6−ix5×3i−6ix4×x−(−6ix4×3i)+9ix3×x−9ix3×3i
Multiply the numbers
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Evaluate
i×3i
Multiply
3i2
Use i2=−1 to transform the expression
3(−1)
Calculate
−3
ix6−(−3x5)−6ix4×x−(−6ix4×3i)+9ix3×x−9ix3×3i
Multiply the terms
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Evaluate
x4×x
Use the product rule an×am=an+m to simplify the expression
x4+1
Add the numbers
x5
ix6−(−3x5)−6ix5−(−6ix4×3i)+9ix3×x−9ix3×3i
Multiply the numbers
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Evaluate
−6i×3i
Multiply
−6×3i2
Multiply
−18i2
Use i2=−1 to transform the expression
−18(−1)
Calculate
18
ix6−(−3x5)−6ix5−18x4+9ix3×x−9ix3×3i
Multiply the terms
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Evaluate
x3×x
Use the product rule an×am=an+m to simplify the expression
x3+1
Add the numbers
x4
ix6−(−3x5)−6ix5−18x4+9ix4−9ix3×3i
Multiply the numbers
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Evaluate
9i×3i
Multiply
9×3i2
Multiply
27i2
Use i2=−1 to transform the expression
27(−1)
Calculate
−27
ix6−(−3x5)−6ix5−18x4+9ix4−(−27x3)
If a negative sign or a subtraction symbol appears outside parentheses, remove the parentheses and change the sign of every term within the parentheses
ix6+3x5−6ix5−18x4+9ix4+27x3
Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients
ix6+(3−6i)x5−18x4+9ix4+27x3
Solution
ix6+(3−6i)x5+(−18+9i)x4+27x3
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