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algebra senior

Problem

The points and are represented by the complex numbers and respectively, where When , and are not collinear, let be the fourth vertex of the parallelogram What is the maximum distance between and the origin of the complex plane?
Solution
Let be the complex number corresponding to the point Since is a parallelogram, so Then so Let where and are real numbers. Since Also, so

By the Trivial Inequality, Then so Hence, so which implies

Equality occurs when so the maximum distance between and the origin is
Final answer
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