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12 past-paper questions on Complex numbers

  • 9709/33 · May/June 20256 marks

    Find the complex numbers z for which (z+4)/(z+4i) is real and |z|= √10. Give your answers in the form z = x+iy, where x and y are…

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  • 9709/33 · May/June 20245 marks

    The square roots of 24-7i can be expressed in the Cartesian form x+iy, where x and y are real and exact. By first forming a…

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  • 9709/33 · May/June 20245 marks

    On an Argand diagram shade the region whose points represent complex numbers z which satisfy both the inequalities |z-4-3i|<2 and…

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  • 9709/32 · October/November 20245 marks

    The square roots of 6-8i can be expressed in the Cartesian form x+iy, where x and y are real and exact. By first forming a…

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  • 9709/33 · October/November 20245 marks

    Find the complex number z satisfying the equation (z-3i)/(z+3i) = (2-9i)/5. Give your answer in the form x+ iy, where x and y are…

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  • 9709/32 · May/June 20255 marks

    The square roots of -1-4√5 i can be expressed in the Cartesian form x+iy, where x and y are real and exact. By first forming a…

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  • 9709/32 · May/June 20255 marks

    On an Argand diagram shade the region whose points represent complex numbers z which satisfy both the inequalities |z-3i|<2 and…

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  • 9709/32 · May/June 20244 marks

    Express z and ω in the form re^(iθ), where r > 0 and −π < θ ≤ π. Give the exact values of r and θ in each case.

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  • 9709/31 · May/June 20244 marks

    On a single Argand diagram sketch the loci given by the equations |z-3+2i|= 2 and |w-3+2i|=|w+3-4i| where z and w are complex…

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  • 9709/31 · October/November 20243 marks

    Show that (a-½)² +b² = ¼, where a and b are the functions of y found in part (a).

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  • 9709/31 · October/November 20243 marks

    On a single Argand diagram, sketch the loci given by the equations Re(z) = 1 and |z - ½| = ½. where z is a complex number.

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  • 9709/33 · May/June 20253 marks

    z = 3e^(πi/4) is a root of the equation z² + bz+ c = 0, where b and c are real. State the other root and hence find the values of…

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