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How are the absolut value of an imaginery number is related distance betweem two point related to another

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Answer:

the absolute value of a imaginary number is somewhat similar to a distance between the two points.

Explanation:

by absolute value of an imaginary number a+i b we mean the distance of the origin (0, 0) and the point (a,b) in the complex plane

i.e.
\sqrt{a^(2) +b^(2) }

whereas distance between two points (
x_(1),
x_(2)) and (
y_(1),
y_(2)) is given by
\sqrt{(x_(1)-y_(1) )^2+( x_(2)-y_(2))^2}

if (
y_(1),
y_(2))=(0,0) then it is similar to the absolute value of a complex number of the type x+i y.

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