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June 2016 p32 q10
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(a) Showing all necessary working, solve the equation \(iz^2 + 2z - 3i = 0\), giving your answers in the form \(x + iy\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real and exact.
(b) (i) On a sketch of an Argand diagram, show the locus representing complex numbers satisfying the equation \(|z| = |z - 4 - 3i|\).
(ii) Find the complex number represented by the point on the locus where \(|z|\) is least. Find the modulus and argument of this complex number, giving the argument correct to 2 decimal places.
Solution
(a) To solve \(iz^2 + 2z - 3i = 0\), use the quadratic formula. Let \(z = x + iy\), then substitute and equate real and imaginary parts to zero.