FP1 Worksheet 02

Dimuth Sandaruwan

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Complex Numbers

1. Find

1
in the form a + ib, where a and b are constants to be found.
5 + 2i

2. Express (2 3i)4 in the form a + ib.

3. Find the square roots of 8 6i.
4. We define f (x) = z 3 4z 2 + 14z 20.
(a) By considering f (various values) find a factor of f (x). Hence factorise f (x) into a
linear term and a quadratic term.
(b) Hence solve z 3 4z 2 + 14z 20 = 0, simplifying all three of your answers.

5.

(a)

Write down the value of the real root of the equation

x3 64 = 0.

(b)

Find the complex roots of x3 64 = 0, giving your answers in the form a + ib, where a and
b are real.

(c)

Show the three roots of x3 64 = 0 on an Argand diagram.

6. The roots of the equation 2z 2 + 3z + 5 = 0 are and .

(a) Find the values of + and .
(b) Find an equation with roots 2 and 2.
(c) Find an equation with roots + 1 and + 1.
7. The roots of the equation z 2 4z 2 = 0 are and . Find a quadratic equation with
roots 2 and 2 .
8. The roots of the cubic equation 2z 3 + 5x2 3z 2 = 0 are , and . Find a cubic
equation with roots 2 + 1, 2 + 1 and 2 + 1.

9.

Given that

(a)

z 2i
= i, where is a positive, real constant,
z i

show that z 1 i 1
2 2

Given also that arg z = arctan

(b)

the value of ,

(c)

the value of |z|2.

1
, calculate
2

10.

z = 3 i.
z* is the complex conjugate of z.

11.

z 1
3

i.
z* 2 2

(a)

Show that

(b)

Find the value of

(c)

Verify, for z = 3 i, that arg

(d)

Display z, z* and

(e)

Find a quadratic equation with roots z and z* in the form ax2 + bx + c = 0, where a, b and c
are real constants to be found.

z
.
z*
z
= arg z arg z*.
z*

z
on a single Argand diagram
z*

The complex numbers z and w satisfy the simultaneous equations

2z + iw = 1,
z w = 3 + 3i.
(a)

Use algebra to find z, giving your answer in the form a + ib, where a and b are real.

(b)

Calculate arg z, giving your answer in radians to 2 decimal places.