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I keep getting “Argand plane” questions wrong in Complex Numbers. What's the trap?

plotting the imaginary part on the x-axis.

The usual trap: plotting the imaginary part on the x-axis. How to avoid it: real part → x-axis, imaginary part → y-axis. Go back to the definition — a complex number a+bi is a point (a, b), turning algebra into geometry.

Key point

Argand plane

Common mistake

plotting the imaginary part on the x-axis.

Memory tip

real part → x-axis, imaginary part → y-axis.

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