Complex Product and Quotient Using Similar Triangles
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Two similar triangles can be used to construct the product of two complex numbers. The triangle with vertices is similar to the triangle with vertices
. Similarly (pun intended), quotients can also be constructed by noticing that the triangle with vertices
is similar to the triangle with vertices
.
Contributed by: Jaime Rangel-Mondragon (July 2011)
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