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Arithmetic Operations Properties of Inequalities

𝒃𝒃 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂
ab+ ac=a (b+ c) 𝒂𝒂 � � = If a<b then a+c<b+c and a-c<b-c
𝒄𝒄 𝒄𝒄
𝒂𝒂
(𝒃𝒃) 𝒂𝒂 𝒂𝒂 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂 𝒂𝒂 𝒃𝒃
= 𝒃𝒃 = If a<b and c>0 then ac<bc and <
𝒄𝒄 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 ( ) 𝒃𝒃 𝒄𝒄 𝒄𝒄
𝒄𝒄
𝒂𝒂 𝒄𝒄 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂+𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 𝒂𝒂 𝒄𝒄 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂−𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 𝒂𝒂 𝒃𝒃
+ = − = If a<b and c<0 then ac>bc and >
𝒃𝒃 𝒅𝒅 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 𝒄𝒄 𝒅𝒅 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 𝒄𝒄 𝒄𝒄

𝒂𝒂−𝒃𝒃 𝒃𝒃−𝒂𝒂 𝒂𝒂+𝒃𝒃 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂−𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃

= = Properties of Absolute Value
𝒄𝒄−𝒅𝒅 𝒅𝒅−𝒄𝒄 𝒄𝒄 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃

𝒂𝒂
𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂+𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂 (𝒃𝒃) 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂
= 𝒃𝒃 + 𝒄𝒄, 𝒂𝒂 ≠ 𝟎𝟎 𝒄𝒄 =
𝒂𝒂 (𝒅𝒅) 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃

Exponent Properties Distance Formula

𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏 𝟏𝟏
𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏 𝒂𝒂𝒎𝒎 = 𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏+𝒎𝒎 = 𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏−𝒎𝒎 = If 𝒑𝒑𝟏𝟏 = (𝒙𝒙𝟏𝟏 , 𝒚𝒚𝟏𝟏 ) and 𝒑𝒑𝟐𝟐 = (𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 , 𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 )
𝒂𝒂𝒎𝒎 𝒂𝒂𝒎𝒎−𝒏𝒏
(𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏 )𝒎𝒎 = 𝒂𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎 𝒂𝒂𝟎𝟎 = 𝟏𝟏, a𝒂𝒂 ≠ 𝟎𝟎 are two points the distance between them i
𝒂𝒂 𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏
(𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂)𝒏𝒏 = 𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏 𝒃𝒃𝒏𝒏 ( )𝒏𝒏 = 𝒅𝒅(𝒑𝒑𝟏𝟏 , 𝒑𝒑𝟐𝟐 ) = �(𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 − 𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 )𝟐𝟐 +
𝒃𝒃 𝒃𝒃𝒏𝒏
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
𝒂𝒂−𝒏𝒏 = = 𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏
𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏 𝒂𝒂−𝒏𝒏
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
𝒂𝒂 𝒃𝒃 𝒃𝒃𝒏𝒏
( )−𝒏𝒏 = ( )𝒏𝒏 = 𝒂𝒂𝟐𝟐 = (𝒂𝒂𝟐𝟐 )𝒏𝒏 = (𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏 )𝟐𝟐
𝒃𝒃 𝒂𝒂 𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏

Properties of Radical Complex Number

𝟏𝟏
𝒙𝒙 𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐 2
√𝒂𝒂 = 𝒂𝒂𝟐𝟐 √𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂 = √𝒂𝒂 √𝒃𝒃 i = √−𝟏𝟏 i = -1 √−𝒂𝒂 = i√𝒂𝒂 𝒂𝒂 ≥ 𝟎𝟎
𝒙𝒙
𝒙𝒙 𝒚𝒚 𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙 𝒙𝒙 𝒂𝒂 √𝒂𝒂
� √𝒂𝒂= √𝒂𝒂 �𝒃𝒃 = 𝒙𝒙 (a + bi) + (c +di) = a+c+(b+d) i
√𝒃𝒃

𝒙𝒙
√𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏 = 𝒂𝒂, if n is odd (a + bi) - (c +di) = a-c+(b-d) i

𝒙𝒙
√𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒏 = [𝒂𝒂], if n (a + bi) (c +di) = ac-bd+(ad+bc) i

2 2
(a+bi) (a-bi) = a +b

|𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏| = √𝑎𝑎2 + 𝑏𝑏 2 Complex modules

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