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Nov 2003 p3 q7
1915

The complex number u is given by \(u = \frac{7 + 4i}{3 - 2i}\).

  1. Express u in the form \(x + iy\), where x and y are real.
  2. Sketch an Argand diagram showing the point representing the complex number u. Show on the same diagram the locus of the complex number z such that \(|z - u| = 2\).
  3. Find the greatest value of \(\arg z\) for points on this locus.
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June 2003 p3 q5
1916

The complex number 2i is denoted by u. The complex number with modulus 1 and argument \(\frac{2}{3} \pi\) is denoted by w.

(i) Find in the form x + iy, where x and y are real, the complex numbers w, uw and \(\frac{u}{w}\).

(ii) Sketch an Argand diagram showing the points U, A and B representing the complex numbers u, uw and \(\frac{u}{w}\) respectively.

(iii) Prove that triangle UAB is equilateral.

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June 2023 p31 q10
1917

The polynomial \(x^3 + 5x^2 + 31x + 75\) is denoted by \(p(x)\).

(a) Show that \((x + 3)\) is a factor of \(p(x)\).

(b) Show that \(z = -1 + 2\sqrt{6}i\) is a root of \(p(z) = 0\).

(c) Hence find the complex numbers \(z\) which are roots of \(p(z^2) = 0\).

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Nov 2002 p3 q8
1918

(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

\(z = \frac{-1 + 3i}{2 + i}.\)

  1. Express \(z\) in the form \(x + iy\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real.
  2. 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.
  3. State an equation relating the lengths \(OA\), \(OB\) and \(OC\).
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June 2002 p3 q9
1919

The complex number \(1 + i \sqrt{3}\) is denoted by \(u\).

(i) Express \(u\) in the form \(r(\cos \theta + i \sin \theta)\), where \(r > 0\) and \(-\pi < \theta \leq \pi\). Hence, or otherwise, find the modulus and argument of \(u^2\) and \(u^3\).

(ii) Show that \(u\) is a root of the equation \(z^2 - 2z + 4 = 0\), and state the other root of this equation.

(iii) Sketch an Argand diagram showing the points representing the complex numbers \(i\) and \(u\). Shade the region whose points represent every complex number \(z\) satisfying both the inequalities \(|z-i| \leq 1\) and \(\arg z \geq \arg u\).

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