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CAT 102 Sum & product, complex numbers
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CAT 104 sum & product of roots_complex numbers |57 marks]

1. [Maximum mark: 5]
The cubic equation x3 - kx2 +3k = 0 where k >0 has roots a, B and a + B.

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(a) Considerthe complex numbers z = 1 + bi and z2 = (1 - b ' ) - 2bi, where b E

R, b + 0.

Find an expression for z,Z2 in terms of b. [3 marks]

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(a) Express -3 + V3i in the form re, where r> 0 and -7 < 6 S T. [5 marks]
Let the roots
of the cquation z" = -3+ 3i be u, v and w

(6) Find u, v and w expressing your answers in the form re', where r and
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[5 marks]
On an Argand diagram, u, v and w are represented by the points U, V and W respectively.

c) Find the area of triangle UVW.

[4 marks]
(d) By considering the sum of the roots u, v and w, show that
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1B Questionbank Physics
4. Maximum mark: 7
Consider the polynomial q(x) =
3x3 -

11x2+ kx +8.
(a) Given that q(x) has factor (x
a -

4), find the valuc of k. (4 marks

(b) Hence or otherwise, factorize q(x) as a product of linear factors.
[3 marks]

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Consider the following system of equations where a
2x+4y-z = 10

x+2y + az = 5

5x+12y = 2a.
solution.
(a) Find the value of a for which the system of cquations does not have a unique
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(b) Find the solution of the system of cquations when a =2.

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Consider the series Inx + pnx + #nx +where x E R, x> 1 and p E R, p *
Consider the case where the series is geometric

a) Show that p [2 marks]

=
t
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difference d.
(C) Now consider the case where the series is arithmetic with common

Show that p =
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Write down d in the form kInx, where k EQ. [I mark

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The sum of the first n terms ofthe series is-3 In
x.
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