Q. In a give parallelogram, if the points $P_{1}\ and\ P_{2}$ represent two complex numbers $\mathcal{z}_{1}\ and\ \mathcal{z}_{2},\ then\ the\ point\ P_{3}$ represents the number

A) $\mathcal{z}_{1} + \mathcal{z}_{2}$
B) $\mathcal{z}_{1} - \mathcal{z}_{2}$
C) $\mathcal{z}_{1} \times \mathcal{z}_{2}$
D) $\mathcal{z}_{1} \div \mathcal{z}_{2}$
Explanation

(a)
In a parallelogram $OP_{1}P_{2}P_{3},$ the mid point of $P_{1}P_{2}\ and\ OP_{3}$ are the same. But mid point of $P_{1}P_{2}\ \ is\ \ \left( \frac{x_{1} + x_{2}}{2},\frac{y_{1} + y_{2}}{2} \right)$.
So, that the coordinates of $P_{3}$ are $(x_{1} + x_{2},\ y_{1} + y_{2})$
Thus, the point $\ P_{3}$ corresponds to sum of the complex numbers $\mathcal{z}_{1}$ and $\mathcal{z}_{2}$
$\therefore\ \ {\overrightarrow{\mathbf{OP}}}_{3} = \ {\overrightarrow{\mathbf{OP}}}_{1} + {\overrightarrow{\mathbf{OP}}}_{2} = \mathcal{z}_{1} + \mathcal{z}_{2}$

Dr. Abubacker
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.