2017 Yr12 Maths Extension 2 Task 2

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Sydney Girls High School

MATHEMATICS EXTENSION 2

YEAR 12

Assessment Task 2

2017
Reading time : 5 minutes
Writing time : 60 minutes
Total marks : 52
Topics: Complex Numbers

General Instructions:

 There are four (4) questions which are of equal value.


 Attempt all questions.
 Show all necessary working. Marks may be deducted for badly arranged work or
incomplete working.
 Start each question on a new page.
 Write on one side of the paper only.
 Diagrams are NOT to scale.
 Board-approved calculators may be used.
 Write your student number clearly at the top of each question and clearly number each
question.
 A Mathematics reference sheet is provided.

Student Name:__________________________ Teacher Name:____________________


Question 1 (13 marks)
(a) Given 5 3 and 3 4 , find the following, giving your answers in the form

where and are real numbers.

(i) 1

(ii) 2

iii √ 2

(b) Factorise 12 completely over the field of :

(i) Rational numbers. 1

(ii) Real numbers. 1

(iii) Complex numbers. 1

(c) The equation 1 2 0 has 3 as a root. 3

Find the other root and the value of . Give your answers in the form

where and are real numbers.

(d) Find the real values of and such that 2 3 2 5. 2

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Question 2 (13 marks)

(a) Sketch the locus of defined by :

(i) z ̅ 2 2

(ii) Arg 2

(b) Find the value of the following in a simplified form.

(i) 1 √3 1

(ii) Arg 1 √3 1

Hence, find the value of the following, expressing your answer in mod-arg form.


(iii) 2


(iv) 1

(c) By considering your answers to Question 2 (b), find the three roots of the following

equation. Express your answers in mod-arg form. 2

1 √3
1

(d) Find the Cartesian equation of the locus of defined by the equation : 2

Re 0

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Question 3 (13 marks)

(a) If and , show that 2

arg arg arg .

(b) Let two complex numbers be z1  2(cos 12  i sin 12 ) and z2  2i .

(i) On an Argand diagram sketch the vectors and representing

z1 and z2 respectively. 1

(ii) Draw vectors representing z1  z2 and z1  z2 on the same Argand diagram.

(iii) What is the exact value of arg( z1  z2 ) ? 1

(c)

(i) Expand . 1

(ii) Show that 2 sin given cos sin . 1

(iii) Hence, show that 16 sin sin 5 5 sin 3 10 sin . 2

(d) Shade the region on the Argand diagram satisfied simultaneously by the

inequalities Im 6 and Arg 2 . 3

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Question 4 (13 marks)

(a) Given is a complex cube root of unity, prove that

. 2

(b) Let be the complex root of the equation 1 with the smallest positive argument.

(i) Find the value of , expressing your answer in mod-arg form. 1

(ii) Show that is also a root. 1

(iii) Given and , 2

find the value of and .

(iv) State the quadratic equation which has and as its roots, 2

and use the equation to determine the value of .

(v) Hence, show that 2cos 2cos 1 2cos . 2

(c) The point on an Argand diagram represents the complex number . 3

If moves such that Im | 1| , find the minimum value of | 1|.

End of paper

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