What is the use/need of complex numbers in real life if they are imaginary?

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What is the use/need of complex numbers in real life if they are imaginary?

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They’re not so much “needed” as “helpful.” A lot of engineering problems, (if I recall from university, particularly electrical and fluid) are greatly simplified when using them.

A lot of useful things in real life are imaginary. Money is just a paper, but it greatly simplifies trade, just one example.

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