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Added examples for complex numbers to numeric-types article (#28443)

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* Added examples for complex numbers to numeric-types article

Introduce 3 examples of what a complex number would look like in Python.

* fix: moved links to bottom
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print(8435367)
```
* floating point numbers (`float`)
* <a href='https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>constructor</a>
#### Examples:
```py
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print(84357.435)
```
* complex numbers
* <a href='https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#complex' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>constructor</a>
#### Examples:
```python
print(3 + 4j)
print(5 + 6j)
print(2j + 1)
```
The standard library adds numeric types for
* <a href='https://docs.python.org/3/library/fractions.html#module-fractions' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>fractions</a>
* <a href='https://docs.python.org/3/library/decimal.html#module-decimal' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>decimals</a>
Numeric objects are created from literals or as the result of functions and operators. The syntax for numeric literals is well <a href='https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#numeric-literals' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>documented</a>.
### Other Resources
* <a href='https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>floating point</a>
* <a href='https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#complex' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>complex</a>