Question

How do you simplify `( 3i ) + ( 8 )`?

Answer 1

This number is in its most simplified form already.

Explanation:

A complex number is a number of the form `a+bi` where `a` and `b` are real numbers. Once it is in this form, there is no further way to simplify it. There are other methods of representing a complex number, such as `Re^(itheta)` where `R` and `theta` are real numbers, but it isn't a simplification.