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Have anyone of you guys encountered any problem with the solution for cambridge?

I am having some issues with the solution at the moment...as the answer there doesn't seem entirely right.

For example, look at this:

mod (z1+z2) >= abs (mod (z1) + mod (z2)) = 25-6 = 19

I think this is wrong. It should have been mod(z1) - mod(z2) not +

and another one: this is Q6 from exercise 2.3 solution

I don't really understand the last line of its solution, can anyone care to explain? Thanks.
 
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Im not too sure but ums all i can think of right now that may be somewhat useful is that whole triangle inequality thing that the |z1| + |z2| >= |z1 + z2|
 

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clintmyster said:
Im not too sure but ums all i can think of right now that may be somewhat useful is that whole triangle thing that the |z1| + |z2| >= |z1 + z2|
Yeah I know that but this is little different one. You use that to find the largest value.

You use the diffrent one to find the smallest value of mod (z1+z2)
 

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lyounamu said:
Yeah I know that but this is little different one. You use that to find the largest value.

You use the diffrent one to find the smallest value of mod (z1+z2)
In that case what you said about it being a minus is probably right.
 

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lyounamu said:
Have anyone of you guys encountered any problem with the solution for cambridge?

I am having some issues with the solution at the moment...as the answer there doesn't seem entirely right.

For example, look at this:

mod (z1+z2) >= abs (mod (z1) + mod (z2)) = 25-6 = 19

I think this is wrong. It should have been mod(z1) - mod(z2) not +

and another one: this is Q6 from exercise 2.3 solution

I don't really understand the last line of its solution, can anyone care to explain? Thanks.
I remember doing the first question. Is it Q7 from 2.3? If it is you find find the |z| of 24 + 7i and the locus of |z1 + z2| is a circle of radius 6 that goes around the point on the Argand diagram representing 24+7i. Since you found that the modulus of 24+7i is 25 the minimum modulus of |z2 +z1| would be the vector going down along the vector of z1 by 6. Since your going down the modulus would decrease thus that is where you get 25-6=19

Hope that made sense.
 
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kaz1 said:
I remember doing the first question. Is it Q7 from 2.3? If it is you find find the |z| of 24 + 7i and the locus of |z1 + z2| is a circle of radius 6 that goes around the point on the Argand diagram representing 24+7i. Since you found that the modulus of 24+7i is 25 the minimum modulus of |z2 +z1| would be the vector going down along the vector of z1 by 6. Since your going down the modulus would decrease thus that is where you get 25-6=19

Hope that made sense.
Yeah, that's a very good approach to solving this question. Thanks
 

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