1) Simplify the complex expression 4(2 - i) + i(3 + 5i) to get the solution 3 - i.
2) Plot the complex numbers w = 1 - 2i and its conjugate w = 1 + 2i on an Argand diagram with w at (1, -2) and w at (1, 2).
3) Solve the quadratic equation z^2 - 10z + 26 = 0 to get the solutions 5 + i and 5 - i.
1) Simplify the complex expression 4(2 - i) + i(3 + 5i) to get the solution 3 - i.
2) Plot the complex numbers w = 1 - 2i and its conjugate w = 1 + 2i on an Argand diagram with w at (1, -2) and w at (1, 2).
3) Solve the quadratic equation z^2 - 10z + 26 = 0 to get the solutions 5 + i and 5 - i.
1) Simplify the complex expression 4(2 - i) + i(3 + 5i) to get the solution 3 - i.
2) Plot the complex numbers w = 1 - 2i and its conjugate w = 1 + 2i on an Argand diagram with w at (1, -2) and w at (1, 2).
3) Solve the quadratic equation z^2 - 10z + 26 = 0 to get the solutions 5 + i and 5 - i.
1) Simplify the complex expression 4(2 - i) + i(3 + 5i) to get the solution 3 - i.
2) Plot the complex numbers w = 1 - 2i and its conjugate w = 1 + 2i on an Argand diagram with w at (1, -2) and w at (1, 2).
3) Solve the quadratic equation z^2 - 10z + 26 = 0 to get the solutions 5 + i and 5 - i.
4(2 − i ) + i (3 + 5i ) and write your answer in the form x + yi, where x, y ∈ R.
(b) (i) Let w = 1 − 2i.
Plot w and w on an Argand diagram, where w is the complex conjugate of w.
(ii) Solve z 2 − 10 z + 26 = 0. Write your answers in the form a + bi, where a, b ∈ R.
(c) Let z1 = 5 + 12i and z2 = 2 − 3i.
(i) Find the value of the real number k such that z1 = k z2 .
(ii) p and q are real numbers such that
z1 = p (q + i ). z2 Find the value of p and the value of q. SOLUTION 4 (a) 4(2 − i ) + i (3 + 5i ) [Multiply out the brackets.] = 8 − 4i + 3i + 5i 2 [Tidy up using the fact that i = −1. ] 2
= 8 − 4i + 3i − 5 = 3−i Im 2 1 + 2i 4 (b) (i) Working out the conjugate: z = a + bi ⇒ z = a − bi ....... 1 Re 1 w = 1 − 2i ⇒ w = 1 + 2i -2 1 - 2i
4 (b) (ii) −b ± b 2 − 4ac z − 10 z + 26 = 0 2 z= ....... 3 2a −(−10) ± (−10) 2 − 4(1)(26) ∴z = a =1 2(1) b = −10 10 ± 100 − 104 10 ± −4 10 ± 2i = = = c = 26 2 2 2 = 5±i 4 (c) (i) Finding the modulus:
z = a + bi ⇒ z = a 2 + b 2 ....... 2
z1 = k z2 ⇒ 5 + 12i = k 2 − 3i ⇒ (5) 2 + (12) 2 = k (2) 2 + (−3) 2 ⇒ 25 + 144 = k 4 + 9 ⇒ 169 = k 13 13 ⇒ 13 = k 13 ⇒ k = = 13 13 4 (c) (ii) DIVISION: Multiply above and below by the conjugate of the bottom.
z1 5 + 12i = p(q + i ) ⇒ = pq + pi z2 2 − 3i (5 + 12i ) (2 + 3i ) ⇒ × = pq + pi [Multiply the left hand side above and below by the (2 − 3i ) (2 + 3i ) conjugate of the bottom.] 10 + 15i + 24i + 36i 2 ⇒ = pq + pi [Tidy up the left hand side using the fact that i 2 = −1. ] 4 + 6i − 6i − 9i 2
10 + 39i − 36 ⇒ = pq + pi 4+9 −26 + 39i ⇒ = pq + pi 13 ⇒ −2 + 3i = pq + pi [Equate the real parts and the imaginary parts.]
For all equations you can equate (set equal) the real parts and the imaginary parts.
Equate the imaginary parts: ∴ p = 3
Equate the real parts: ∴ pq = −2 ⇒ (3)q = −2 ⇒ q = − 23
