Year 12 SM Week 5

Name: ……………………………..
Cambridge Senior Specialist Mathematics AC/VCE Units 3 & 4
Chapter 4 Complex Numbers: Skillsheet 4E

1 Factorise the following into linear factors over C.

a z2 + 49

b z2 + z + 1

c z2 + z + 2

d z2 − z + 2

e z2 − 2(3 + i)z + 5 + 6i

f z2 − (1 + 2i)z + 3 + i

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Year 12 SM Week 5
Name: ……………………………..
Cambridge Senior Specialist Mathematics AC/VCE Units 3 & 4
Chapter 4 Complex Numbers: Skillsheet 4E

2 The solutions of the quadratic equation z2 + az + b = 0 are 1 + i and 1 + 2i. Find the
complex numbers a and b.

3 Solve each of the following equations over C.

a z2 + 9 = 0

b z2 + 6 = 0

c z2 + 100 = 0

d z2 = –10

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Year 12 SM Week 5
Name: ……………………………..
Cambridge Senior Specialist Mathematics AC/VCE Units 3 & 4
Chapter 4 Complex Numbers: Skillsheet 4E

e (z – 3)2 = –9

f (z – 2)2 = –100

g (z – 1)2 = –14

h (z – 2)2 + 28 = 0

i 2z2 + 56 = 0

j 2(z – 4)2 + 17 = 0

k 5(z + 6)2 + 10 = 0

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Year 12 SM Week 5
Name: ……………………………..
Cambridge Senior Specialist Mathematics AC/VCE Units 3 & 4
Chapter 4 Complex Numbers: Skillsheet 4E

l 2z2 + 6z + 12 = 0

m z2 + 6z + 16 = 0

n z2 + 5z + 2 = 2z2 + 3z + 15

o z2 + 6z + 45 = 2z2 + 7z + 50

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Year 12 SM Week 5
Name: ……………………………..
Cambridge Senior Specialist Mathematics AC/VCE Units 3 & 4
Chapter 4 Complex Numbers: Skillsheet 4E

Answers to Chapter 4 Skillsheet 4E

1 a (z + 7i)(z − 7i)

z + 1 + 3 
+ 2 − 2 i
1 3
b  2 2 iz

z + 1 + 7 
+ 2 − 2 i
1 7
c  2 2 iz

z − 1 + 7 
− 2 − 2 i
1 7
d  2 2 i  z

e (z − 3 + 3 − i)(z − 3 − 3 − i)
z − 1 – 1 – 15 
− 2 – 1 + 2 i
1 15
f  2  2 iz

2 a = −2 − 3i, b = −1 + 3i

3 a  3i
b i 6
c  10i
d  i 10
e 3  3i
f 2  10i
g 1  i 14
h 2(1  i 7)
i 2 7i
34
j 4i 2

k −6  i 2
1
l 2 (−3  i 15)

m −3  i 7
n 1  2 3i
1
o 2 (−1  i 19)

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