9709 P3 - Nov 2002 - Q8
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(a) Find the two square roots of the complex number \(-3 + 4i\), giving your answers in the form \(x + iy\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real.
(b) The complex number \(z\) is given by
\(z = \frac{-1 + 3i}{2 + i}.\)
- Express \(z\) in the form \(x + iy\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real.
- Show on a sketch of an Argand diagram, with origin \(O\), the points \(A\), \(B\) and \(C\) representing the complex numbers \(-1 + 3i\), \(2 + i\) and \(z\) respectively.
- State an equation relating the lengths \(OA\), \(OB\) and \(OC\).
