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in an argand diagram the points a and b represent 1+7i and 4+3i respectively and o is the origin the quadrilateral oabc is a parallelogra find the complex numbler represented by point c
i set the gradients equal but that gives just one equation 4x+3y=0 same thing with the distances just one equation and dont know how to move from there
can i use the simple gradient method to this question or do i have to use another method to solve. this?

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Original post by mikeft
in an argand diagram the points a and b represent 1+7i and 4+3i respectively and o is the origin the quadrilateral oabc is a parallelogra find the complex numbler represented by point c
i set the gradients equal but that gives just one equation 4x+3y=0 same thing with the distances just one equation and dont know how to move from there
can i use the simple gradient method to this question or do i have to use another method to solve. this?


A quick sketch of the points and the parallelogram should convince you its a very simple answer?
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Original post by mqb2766
A quick sketch of the points and the parallelogram should convince you its a very simple answer?


not really ive done a sketch
Original post by mikeft
not really ive done a sketch


Can you upload it?
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Original post by mqb2766
Can you upload it?


sure its just a parallelogram with the points though nothing much to it so could you explain the solution to the question please
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Original post by mikeft
sure its just a parallelogram with the points though nothing much to it so could you explain the solution to the question please

If you followed the path from O to C by following A first, what is the line segment AC equal to?
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Original post by mqb2766
If you followed the path from O to C by following A first, what is the line segment AC equal to?


3y+4x=0 i am not sure what the path from o to c by following a first means though
Original post by mikeft
3y+4x=0 i am not sure what the path from o to c by following a first means though

Can you upload what you sketched pls.
Youre sort of thinking about it ~correctly, but its much simpler than you imagine.
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Original post by mqb2766
Can you upload what you sketched pls.
Youre sort of thinking about it ~correctly, but its much simpler than you imagine.


yes i can okay. but what do i do next?
What is the complex number represented by the line segment AB? That must correspond to OC?
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3y+4x-25=0
Original post by mikeft
3y+4x-25=0

Im not sure how youre getting this,
OB = OA + AB
You know OA and OB so AB = ... = OC
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Original post by mqb2766
Im not sure how youre getting this,
OB = OA + AB
You know OA and OB so AB = ... = OC


why does ob=oa+ab?
Original post by mikeft
why does ob=oa+ab?


That is how you add vectors or complex numbers, tip to tail.
Your textbook must have an example?
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Original post by mqb2766
That is how you add vectors or complex numbers, tip to tail.
Your textbook must have an example?


i dont think so we dont use vectors is there another way to do. this without them?
Original post by mikeft
i dont think so we dont use vectors is there another way to do. this without them?


Is how you add complex numbers.
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Original post by mqb2766
Is how you add complex numbers.


um well i havent seen that before is there another more simple way or could you explain this
Original post by mikeft
um well i havent seen that before is there another more simple way or could you explain this


If youre doing a question about the mod/arg of complex numbers, you must have covered adding them?
From your diagram, changes in x and changes in y's should do it.
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Original post by mqb2766
If youre doing a question about the mod/arg of complex numbers, you must have covered adding them?


yes i think i figured that part know, but about ob=oa+oc doesnt that mean modulus b=modulusa+modulusc but that gives an answer with roots not the 3-4i that i am looking for

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