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JEE Main 2022 (27 July Shift 1)
LEVELJEE Main

Animated Solution for Mathematics - Complex Numbers: Let the minimum value of , is attained at . Then is equal to

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Geometric Meaning of

  • The expression is .
  • This represents the sum of squared distances from a point to three fixed points: , , and .

Minimizing Squared Distances

  • For any triangle, the sum of squared distances from a point to its vertices is minimized at the centroid.
  • Therefore, must be the centroid of the triangle formed by , , and .

Finding the Centroid

  • Centroid formula:

Finding Minimum Value

  • Substitute into :

Evaluating

Computing

  • We need to evaluate .
  • First, find .

Computing

Evaluating

  • Substitute the values into :

Final Answer

  • We need .
  • .
  • .
  • Final Result: .

The Sigma Insight: Geometrical Applications of Complex Numbers

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Analyzing the Setup

When you look at the expression , it is easy to see an algebraic mess. However, in the complex plane, the modulus represents the distance between two points.
Therefore, the expression is the sum of the squared distances from a variable point to three fixed vertices: , , and .
There is an elegant theorem in geometry: the sum of the squares of the distances from any point to the vertices of a triangle is minimized at the centroid. The centroid acts as the "center of mass" of the triangle, representing the point of perfect balance.

Finding the Balance Point

Since is the centroid, we find it by calculating the arithmetic mean of the three vertices:
This is our minimizing point. Now, we substitute back into the original expression to find the minimum value :
Breaking this down, we evaluate the individual components:
Calculating these magnitudes yields:
Thus, we have determined that .

The Algebraic Finale

We now evaluate the final expression: . First, we compute the powers of :
Next, we find the cube of the conjugate :
Now, we assemble the internal expression:
Finally, we calculate the squared magnitude and add :
The final result is 1000.

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