Question 1.

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(a) Let z = 5 2i and w = 3 + 4i.

(i) Find 2 w w. 2

(ii) Find z ( 2 w w ). 2

(b) Given = 1 i 3 ,

(i) Find the exact value of and Arg ( ). 2

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(ii) Hence or otherwise, find the exact value of . 3
[express in the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers]

(c) Find the new complex number when 1 + i is rotated 600 anticlockwise 2
about the origin O, in the Argand plane.

(d) Find x and y, when ( x + iy )(2 + 3i ) = 5 + 6i. 2

(e) Given 2 = 40 42i, 2

Find in the form a + ib, where a and b are real.

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(a) Shade the region of the Argand plane consisting of those variable
points z for which:

(i) Re( z ) 3 and Im( z ) > 1. 1

(ii) z 1 i 1 and 0 arg z . 2
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(b) Find the equation of the locus of z, if z i = Im(z ). 3

Sketch the locus on an Argand plane.

z 1
(c) Find the equation of the locus of z when arg = . 2
z + 1 2

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(d) Given that z = x + iy is a variable point on the Argand plane such that
zz 2( z + z ) = 21.

(i) Find the locus of z. 2

(ii) Hence determine the maximum value of: z + 5 . 2

(e) Given 1, and 2 are the cube roots of unity and each are 3
represented by the points A1, A2 and A3 respectively on an Argand plane.

Find the value of A1 A2 A1 A3 , where A1A2 represents the length A1 A2 .

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(a) Point A represents the complex number and the point P represents 2
the complex number z.
Point P is rotated about the point A through a right angle in an
anticlockwise direction to take up the new position, B, representing the
complex number .

Find (in terms of and z).

(b) Given z = cos + i sin ,

(i) Use De Moivres theorem, to show that 2

zn z n
sin n = .
2i

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(ii) Hence deduce that: sin sin 2 = (cos cos 3 ) 3
2

(c) Given the complex number z, such that z = k (cos + i sin ), 3

where k is a real number and 0 < < .
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Show that: arg( z + k ) = .
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(d) Given z = x + iy is a variable point and = a + ib is a fixed point on

the Argand plane,

(i) Show that z z = 0 represents a straight line through 2

the origin O.

(ii) Suppose that z1 and z2 are the solutions to the simultaneous 3

equations: z z = 0 and z = k ,
where = p + iq, and where p, q and k are positive real numbers,

show that z1 z 2 = p 2 + q 2 k 2 .

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(a) Let , and be the zeros of the polynomial function:

P ( x) = x 3 + 2 x 2 + 19 x + 18.

(i) Find + + . 1

(ii) Find 2 + 2 + 2 . 2

(iii) Hence, or otherwise determine how many of the zeros are real. 2
Give reasons.

(b) Consider the polynomial equation: z 5 i = 0,

(i) Show that z = i is a solution to the equation, and 2

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hence show that 1 iz z + iz + z = 0, for z i.

(ii) Hence or otherwise, find all the roots of z 5 i = 0. 2

[you may leave the roots in cis form]

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(iii) Show that ( z i )[ z 2 2i sin z 1][ z 2 + 2i sin z 1] = 0. 4
10 10

3 1
(iv) Hence show that: sin sin = . 2
10 10 2

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