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Nov 2014 p31 q5
1985

The complex numbers w and z satisfy the relation

\(w = \frac{z + i}{iz + 2}\).

(i) Given that \(z = 1 + i\), find \(w\), giving your answer in the form \(x + iy\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real.

(ii) Given instead that \(w = z\) and the real part of \(z\) is negative, find \(z\), giving your answer in the form \(x + iy\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real.

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June 2014 p33 q7
1986

(a) The complex number \(\frac{3 - 5i}{1 + 4i}\) is denoted by \(u\). Showing your working, express \(u\) in the form \(x + iy\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are real.

(b) (i) On a sketch of an Argand diagram, shade the region whose points represent complex numbers satisfying the inequalities \(|z - 2 - i| \leq 1\) and \(|z - i| \leq |z - 2|\).

(ii) Calculate the maximum value of \(\arg z\) for points lying in the shaded region.

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June 2014 p32 q7
1987

(a) It is given that \(-1 + (\sqrt{5})i\) is a root of the equation \(z^3 + 2z + a = 0\), where \(a\) is real. Showing your working, find the value of \(a\), and write down the other complex root of this equation.

(b) The complex number \(w\) has modulus 1 and argument \(2\theta\) radians. Show that \(\frac{w-1}{w+1} = i \tan \theta\).

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June 2014 p31 q5
1988

The complex number \(z\) is defined by \(z = \frac{9\sqrt{3} + 9i}{\sqrt{3} - i}\). Find, showing all your working,

(i) an expression for \(z\) in the form \(re^{i\theta}\), where \(r > 0\) and \(-\pi < \theta \leq \pi\),

(ii) the two square roots of \(z\), giving your answers in the form \(re^{i\theta}\), where \(r > 0\) and \(-\pi < \theta \leq \pi\).

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Nov 2013 p33 q9
1989

(a) Without using a calculator, use the formula for the solution of a quadratic equation to solve \((2 - i)z^2 + 2z + 2 + i = 0\). Give your answers in the form \(a + bi\).

(b) The complex number \(w\) is defined by \(w = 2e^{\frac{1}{4}\pi i}\). In an Argand diagram, the points \(A, B\) and \(C\) represent the complex numbers \(w, w^3\) and \(w^*\) respectively (where \(w^*\) denotes the complex conjugate of \(w\)). Draw the Argand diagram showing the points \(A, B\) and \(C\), and calculate the area of triangle \(ABC\).

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