Dividing one complex number by another nonzero complex number is done by first multiplying both the numerator and the denominator by the conjugate of the denominator, which turns the denominator into a real number (since zzˉ=c2+d2 for z=c+id) and lets the quotient be written back in standard a+ib form. Explicitly, for z1=a+ib and z2=c+id=0: z2z1=c+ida+ib×c−idc−id=c2+d2(ac+bd)+i(bc−ad), so the real part is c2+d2ac+bd and the imaginary part is c2+d2bc−ad, both genuinely real numbers. Two special cases are used constantly: i1=−i (multiply top and bottom by i: i1=i2i=−1i=−i), and the general reciprocal a+ib1=a2+b2a−ib. Division also interacts predictably with the modulus and conjugate: $\left|\dfrac{z_1}{z_2 …