Geometric Properties of Triangles/Polygons from Affixes

The question provides complex number coordinates of points and asks to determine geometric properties of the resulting figure (e.g., collinearity, triangle type, side lengths, area, angles, or whether points form a specific polygon).

bac-s-maths 2017 Q4 3 marks View
Exercise 4 (3 points)
In the complex plane equipped with a direct orthonormal coordinate system $(\mathrm{O}; \vec{u}, \vec{v})$, we consider the points A and B with complex numbers respectively $z_{\mathrm{A}} = 2\mathrm{e}^{\mathrm{i}\frac{\pi}{4}}$ and $z_{\mathrm{B}} = 2\mathrm{e}^{\mathrm{i}\frac{3\pi}{4}}$.
  1. Show that OAB is a right isosceles triangle.
  2. We consider the equation $$(E): z^2 - \sqrt{6}\, z + 2 = 0$$ Show that one of the solutions of $(E)$ is the complex number of a point located on the circumscribed circle of triangle OAB.
isi-entrance 2014 Q9 View
Let $z_1$ be a purely imaginary complex number and $z_2$ be any complex number such that $|z_1 + z_2| = |z_1 - z_2|$. Find the circumcentre of the triangle with vertices $0, z_1, z_2$.
(A) $z_1/2$ (B) $z_2/2$ (C) $(z_1 + z_2)/2$ (D) $(z_1 - z_2)/2$
isi-entrance 2018 Q29 View
Let $\alpha , \beta , \gamma$ be complex numbers which are the vertices of an equilateral triangle. Then, we must have:
(A) $\alpha + \beta + \gamma = 0$
(B) $\alpha ^ { 2 } + \beta ^ { 2 } + \gamma ^ { 2 } = 0$
(C) $\alpha ^ { 2 } + \beta ^ { 2 } + \gamma ^ { 2 } + \alpha \beta + \beta \gamma + \gamma \alpha = 0$
(D) $( \alpha - \beta ) ^ { 2 } + ( \beta - \gamma ) ^ { 2 } + ( \gamma - \alpha ) ^ { 2 } = 0$
jee-main 2012 Q63 View
The area of the triangle whose vertices are complex numbers $z, iz, z+iz$ in the Argand diagram is
(1) $2|z|^{2}$
(2) $\frac{1}{2}|z|^{2}$
(3) $4|z|^{2}$
(4) $|z|^{2}$
jee-main 2020 Q52 View
If the four complex numbers $z , \bar { z } , \bar { z } - 2 \operatorname { Re } ( \bar { z } )$ and $z - 2 \operatorname { Re } ( z )$ represent the vertices of a square of side 4 units in the Argand plane, then $| z |$ is equal to :
(1) $4 \sqrt { 2 }$
(2) 4
(3) $2 \sqrt { 2 }$
(4) 2
jee-main 2021 Q61 View
Let a complex number be $w = 1 - \sqrt { 3 } i$. Let another complex number $z$ be such that $| z w | = 1$ and $\arg ( z ) - \arg ( w ) = \frac { \pi } { 2 }$. Then the area of the triangle (in sq. units) with vertices origin, $z$ and $w$ is equal to
(1) 4
(2) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(4) 2
jee-main 2022 Q61 View
Let $O$ be the origin and $A$ be the point $z _ { 1 } = 1 + 2i$. If $B$ is the point $z _ { 2 } , \operatorname { Re } \left( z _ { 2 } \right) < 0$, such that $OAB$ is a right angled isosceles triangle with $OB$ as hypotenuse, then which of the following is NOT true?
(1) $\arg z _ { 2 } = \pi - \tan ^ { - 1 } 3$
(2) $\arg \left( z _ { 1 } - 2 z _ { 2 } \right) = - \tan ^ { - 1 } \frac { 4 } { 3 }$
(3) $\left| z _ { 2 } \right| = \sqrt { 10 }$
(4) $\left| 2 z _ { 1 } - z _ { 2 } \right| = 5$
jee-main 2025 Q1 View
Let $O$ be the origin, the point $A$ be $z _ { 1 } = \sqrt { 3 } + 2 \sqrt { 2 } i$, the point $B \left( z _ { 2 } \right)$ be such that $\sqrt { 3 } \left| z _ { 2 } \right| = \left| z _ { 1 } \right|$ and $\arg \left( z _ { 2 } \right) = \arg \left( z _ { 1 } \right) + \frac { \pi } { 6 }$. Then
(1) area of triangle ABO is $\frac { 11 } { \sqrt { 3 } }$
(2) ABO is an obtuse angled isosceles triangle
(3) area of triangle ABO is $\frac { 11 } { 4 }$
(4) ABO is a scalene triangle
kyotsu-test 2017 QCourse2-II-Q2 View
Let $z$ be a complex number satisfying $| z | = 2$. In the complex number plane with the origin O, let A and B be the points representing $1 + z$ and $1 - \frac { 1 } { 2 } z$, respectively.
First of all, we can express the complex number $z$ as
$$z = \mathbf { M } ( \cos \theta + i \sin \theta ) \quad ( - \pi \leqq \theta < \pi ) .$$
(1) If $z$ is not a real number, then the area $S$ of the triangle OAB is $S = \mathbf { N }$. For $\mathbf{N}$, choose the correct answer from among (0) $\sim$ (8) below.
Hence, when $\theta = \pm \frac { \mathbf { O } } { \mathbf { P } } \pi$, $S$ is maximized.
(0) $\frac { 1 } { 2 } \left| \sin \left( \theta + \frac { 1 } { 3 } \pi \right) \right|$ (1) $\frac { 1 } { 2 } | \sin \theta |$ (2) $\frac { 1 } { 2 } \left| \sin \left( \theta - \frac { 1 } { 3 } \pi \right) \right|$ (3) $\left| \sin \left( \theta + \frac { 1 } { 3 } \pi \right) \right|$ (4) $| \sin \theta |$ (5) $\left| \sin \left( \theta - \frac { 1 } { 3 } \pi \right) \right|$ (6) $\frac { 3 } { 2 } \left| \sin \left( \theta + \frac { 1 } { 3 } \pi \right) \right|$ (7) $\frac { 3 } { 2 } | \sin \theta |$ (8) $\frac { 3 } { 2 } \left| \sin \left( \theta - \frac { 1 } { 3 } \pi \right) \right|$
(2) When the triangle OAB is an isosceles triangle where $\mathrm { OA } = \mathrm { OB }$, we see that
$$| 1 + z | = \left| 1 - \frac { 1 } { 2 } z \right| = \sqrt { \mathbf { Q } }$$
and
$$\arg ( 1 + z ) = \pm \frac { \mathbf { R } } { \mathbf { S } } \pi , \quad \arg \left( 1 - \frac { 1 } { 2 } z \right) = \mp \frac { \mathbf { T } } { \mathbf{U} } \pi ,$$
where the right-hand sides of the equations are of opposite signs, and where $- \pi \leqq \arg ( 1 + z ) < \pi$ and $- \pi \leqq \arg \left( 1 - \frac { 1 } { 2 } z \right) < \pi$.
taiwan-gsat 2020 Q7 8 marks View
In the complex plane, let $O$ be the origin, and let $A$ and $B$ represent points with coordinates corresponding to complex numbers $z$ and $z + 1$ respectively. Given that both points $A$ and $B$ lie on the unit circle centered at $O$, select the correct options.
(1) Line $AB$ is parallel to the real axis
(2) $\triangle OAB$ is a right triangle
(3) Point $A$ is in the second quadrant
(4) $z^{3} = 1$
(5) The point with coordinate $1 + \frac{1}{z}$ also lies on the same unit circle