JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations Question Bank Conjugate, Modulus and Argument of complex number

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    If  \[{{z}_{1}}\] and \[{{z}_{2}}\]  are two non-zero complex numbers such that \[|{{z}_{1}}+{{z}_{2}}|=|{{z}_{1}}|+|{{z}_{2}}|,\]then arg \[({{z}_{1}})-\]arg \[({{z}_{2}})\] is equal to                           [IIT  1979, 1987; EAMCET 1986; RPET 1997; MP PET 2001; AIEEE 2005]

    A) \[-\pi \]

    B) \[-\frac{\pi }{2}\]

    C) \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]

    D) 0

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Let\[{{z}_{1}}={{r}_{1}}\]\[(\cos {{\theta }_{1}}+i\sin {{\theta }_{1}})\],\[{{z}_{2}}={{r}_{2}}\] \[(\cos {{\theta }_{2}}+i\sin {{\theta }_{2}})\] \[\therefore \]\[|{{z}_{1}}+{{z}_{2}}|=[{{({{r}_{1}}\cos {{\theta }_{1}}+{{r}_{2}}\cos {{\theta }_{2}})}^{2}}\]\[+{{({{r}_{2}}\sin {{\theta }_{1}}+{{r}_{2}}\sin {{\theta }_{2}})}^{2}}{{]}^{1/2}}\] \[={{[r_{1}^{2}+r_{2}^{2}+2{{r}_{1}}{{r}_{2}}\cos ({{\theta }_{1}}-{{\theta }_{2}})]}^{1/2}}={{[{{({{r}_{1}}+{{r}_{2}})}^{2}}]}^{1/2}}\]\[arg\,\,({{z}_{2}})=\theta \] Therefore \[\cos ({{\theta }_{1}}-{{\theta }_{2}})=1\Rightarrow {{\theta }_{1}}-{{\theta }_{2}}=0\Rightarrow {{\theta }_{1}}={{\theta }_{2}}\] Thus arg \[({{z}_{1}})-arg({{z}_{2}})=0\]. Trick: \[|{{z}_{1}}+{{z}_{2}}|\,=\,|{{z}_{1}}|+|{{z}_{2}}|\Rightarrow {{z}_{1}},{{z}_{2}}\]lies on same straight line. \[\therefore arg\,{{z}_{1}}=arg\,{{z}_{2}}\Rightarrow arg\,{{z}_{1}}-arg\,{{z}_{2}}=0\]


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