BURGMANN ANGLICAN SCHOOL

Year 12 Term 1 2020

Complex Numbers Test

Course: Specialist Mathematics

Unit: Unit 3 – Specialist Mathematics Value: 1.0
Teacher: F Roomiani
Date: Tuesday 17th March
Weighting: 25%
Time Allowed: 85 minutes + 5 minutes reading time

Equipment allowed: -A4 page of notes one-sided.

-Calculators.

Instructions:
 You may NOT use mobile devices;
 show all working, logically and neatly, a correct guess will NOT be accepted;
 Marks will be deducted for untidy, incomplete working or poorly set out work;
 Answer all questions in the answer booklet provided.

Assessment Criteria:
You will be assessed on your ability to
• understand the concepts and techniques in complex numbers;
• apply reasoning skills and solve problems in complex numbers;
• communicate your arguments and strategies when solving problems;
• construct proofs of results;
• interpret mathematical information and ascertain the reasonableness of your solutions
to problems.

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Total

Student
Mark
Score 23 15 18 8 10 74

Student ID: ___________________________

Question 1 (2, 4, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3 = 23 marks)

a) Express in the form x  yi

3 3
(i) 2 (cos  i sin )
4 4

( 3  i) 9
(ii)
(1  i ) 5

b) If z  1  i , and w 3i, find:

(i) zw

(ii) Arg(zw)

c) Express in polar form

(i) 2i
(ii)

d) If z1  3  i , and z 2  2  3i , express the following in the Cartesian form

(i) ( z1  z 2 ) 2
z1  z 2
(ii)
z1  z 2
e) Find the real numbers x and y such that:
x  y  i ( x  y)  4

f) If z  3  4i  5(cos  i sin  ) , express 25(cos 2  i sin 2 ) in the form x  yi .

Question 2 (5, 4, 6 = 15 marks)

a) Factorise fully over the complex field

Z3 Z2 2  0

b) Find the three solutions of the equation Z 3  8i  0

c) Find the real values of a for which ai is a solution of the polynomial

Z 4  2 Z 3  7 Z 2  4Z  10  0 ,
and hence find all the roots of the polynomial over C.

Question 3 (3, 3, 4, 3, 5= 18 marks)

On separate Argand Diagrams show the following regions of the complex number plane, indicating all
important features. No word description required.
a) Re ( z  i z )  2

3
b) 0  arg ( z  2i ) 
4

c) 2z  z z4


d) 1  z  2 and 0  arg z 
2

e) z  3  i  5   z 1  z 1 

Question 4 (8 marks)

Use algebraic methods to write the Cartesian equation of the following locus, and hence
sketch the graph on the x-y number plane, stating all important features.

z  2i
 2
z 1

Question 5 (2, 3, 3, 2 = 10 marks)

a) If P represents the complex number Z and P lies on the circle ( x  1) 2  y 2  1 , show that:

(i) z2  z  z

(ii) arg( z  1)  2 arg( z )

z1  z 2
b) z1 and z 2 are two complex numbers such that  2i
z1  z 2
(i) Show that z1  z 2 .

 1
(ii) If  is the angle between z1 and z 2 , show that tan  .
2 2

END OF TEST