MAT 101 HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

1. Given that 𝑧1 = 7 + 3𝑖, 𝑧2 = 4 − 2𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧3 = 1 + 𝑖.

𝑧1 𝑧2 2
(a). Find [Re(𝑧̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
1 𝑧2 ) − 𝐼𝑚 ( 𝑧 )]
3

(b). The sum of the first three terms in arithmetic progression is 18 and the sum of the square is
206. Find the numbers.

(c). Let 𝛼 and 𝛽 be the roots of the quadratic equation 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 − 6 = 0. Find

1 1
+
𝛼2 𝛽2

(d). A Geometric progression has 6 terms. The first term is 192 and the common ratio is 1.5. An
arithmetic progression has 21 terms and the common difference is 1.5. Given that the sum of all
the terms in the Geometric progression is equal to the sum of all the terms in the arithmetic
progression. Find the first term and last term of arithmetic progression.

2. Find the roots of the equation 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 1 = 0, giving your answers in the form 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑖.

(b). Show that each root also satisfies the equation 𝑥 3 = −1

(c). If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the roots of the equation 2𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 5 = 0. Find the equation whose roots are
2𝛼 + 𝛽 and 2 𝛽 + 𝛼

(d) Find the values of 𝑝 for which the equation (7𝑝 + 1)𝑥 2 + (5𝑝 − 1)𝑥 + 𝑝 = 1 ℎas equal
roots.

3. If 𝑧1 = 3 + 4𝑖, 𝑧2 = 8 − 4𝑖 and 𝑧3 = 2 + 3𝑖. Find

𝑧1 −𝑧2
(a). Re[ ]
𝑧3

𝑧
(b). Im [𝑧1 − 𝑧1 𝑧2 ] + 𝑅𝑒(𝑧2 ) − 𝐼𝑚 [𝑧1 ]
2

(c). Find the values of 𝑚 for which the equation (4𝑚 + 1)𝑥 2 − 2𝑚𝑥 + 𝑚 = 0 ℎas equal roots.

(d) Solve the equation 2𝑥 2 − 16𝑥 − 18 = 0 by completing the square.

4. Given that universal set = {All positive integers less than or equal 30},

𝑋 = {𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 20},

𝑌 = {𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 19}, 𝑍 = {𝑥: 10 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 30}

(a) Find X∆𝑌

(b) Find 𝑛[X ∩ (𝑍 ∪ 𝑌 ′ ) ]

(c) If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the roots of the equation 2𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 + 3 = 0. Form an equation whose roots are

𝛼 𝛽
𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝛽 𝛼

(d) If 𝑋 = {1,2,3,4}. 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑃(𝐴)