Eli5 Why do we need complex numbers in real life?

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Eli5 Why do we need complex numbers in real life?

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You don’t need them, but your graphics card does. The “Imaginary” number line is a very bad term, “perpendicular” would be a better one. Multiplying by *i* winds up being the exact same as rotating something 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

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