Another one:
How would you graph this:
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You can use
to show it rearranges to
, and so is the region
.
However, thinking of the expression as a vector, the interpretation of the statement is:
is positioned such that the distance from
to
is less than 2 units
Since
is located at the reflection of
in the real axis,
is a purely imaginary vector with its midpoint on the real axis.
So, if the length of this vector must be less than 2 units, then
must lie within 1 unit (vertically) from the real axis.
Thus, the region
covers all possible solutions for
.
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These kinds of vector interpretations can make more algebraically complicated problems easier.
For example: Find the maximum value of
given that
and
.
The answer is
, arising from the four values
and
that correspond to the four corners of the square that defines the region within which
must lie.