Network Analysis

Tutorial on Complex Numbers - Part 1

You will need a calculator for this tutorial, preferably one with the capability to manipulate complex numbers.  It is possible to use a simpler calculator, but the calculations will be more difficult.

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In electrical engineering notation, j is the square root of what?

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