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Let be a complex number satisfying . The maximum value of is
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Answer: (B)
Write . The argument of is the angle subtended at by the segment joining and . A constant angle means lies on an arc of a circle through whose central angle is , so the radius is and the centre is (upper side, so the arc is the major arc with ). Thus , . The farthest point of the circle from lies on the ray from through the centre extended beyond it, at distance ; this point is , whose ordinate is positive, so it lies on the required arc. Hence the maximum is . Option wrongly uses radius , and uses radius .
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