OCR MEI Further Pure Core 2021 November — Question 12

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Pure Core (Further Pure Core)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicComplex numbers 2

12 Fig. 12 shows a rhombus OACB in an Argand diagram. The points A and B represent the complex numbers \(z\) and \(w\) respectively. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{82808722-0abc-411a-9aa3-c0f368a4c95e-4_641_659_1201_242} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 12}
\end{figure} Prove that \(\arg ( z + w ) = \frac { 1 } { 2 } ( \arg z + \arg w )\).
[0pt] [A copy of Fig. 12 is provided in the Printed Answer Booklet.]