National Junior College Mathematics Department 2017

National Junior College

2016 – 2017 H2 Mathematics
Complex Numbers Tutorial

Basic Mastery Questions

1. Simplify the following complex numbers in the Cartesian form, x  iy :

7  5i
(a)  3  8i  5  7i  (b)
4  3i

2. Find the modulus and argument of the following complex numbers, leaving the arguments in
exact radians. Hence express the complex numbers in polar form and exponential form.
(a) 2i (b) 1  3i
 1  i   1   1  3i
(c) 3i (d)
1  i
π π
i i
(e) 1 e 3 (f) 3e 3
5π
i
(g) 100 (h) *
3e 6

3. Convert the following complex numbers into Cartesian form.

 π
  5π   5π   i  
(a) 2  cos     i sin     (b) 2e  3 
  6   6 

4. See the following proof:

1  i 2   i  i   1 1  1  1

1  1 ??? What went wrong?

Practice Questions

1. Find the exact values of the modulus and argument of z   3  i and w  4  4i .

1 1 z*
(iii)  w * ,
3
Hence evaluate (i)  , (ii) , (iv) , (v) z 2 w3 ,
z z* w
leaving your answers in exact polar form.

2. The complex numbers p and w are such that

7π 5π
p  3, arg  p   , and w  2, arg  w   .
8 8

2p
(i) Find the exact values of the modulus and argument of .
w2
n
 2p 
(ii) Hence find the smallest positive value of n such that  2  is purely imaginary.
w 
(2011/MJC/P1/Q11a modified)

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3. (i) The complex number w has modulus r and argument θ, where 0    π , and w*
2
w
denotes the conjugate of w. State the modulus and argument of p, where p  .
w*
(ii) Given p5 is real and positive, find the possible values of θ.
(GCE 2008/P2/Q3 modified)

π
4. The complex number a has modulus r and argument  , where 0  r  1 and 0    . The
2
b
complex number b is such that  1 and arg(a)  arg(b)  π .
a
b
Let the points A, B, C, D and E represent the complex numbers a, b, a + b, and ia
a*
respectively, where a * denotes the conjugate of a.
On a single clearly labelled Argand diagram, illustrate these five points.

5. Show that e2 i  e2 i is a real number for all α.

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The complex number w is given by w  , where 0    π .
1  e4 i
Show that Re(w) = 1.

6. The complex number w is such that ww * 2w  3  4i , where w * is the complex conjugate
of w. Find w in the form a  ib , where a and b are real. (GCE 2007/P1/Q3b)

7. Solve the simultaneous equations

iz  2w  1 and 4 z   3  i  w*  6 ,
giving z and w in the form a + bi, where a and b are real.

Given that x  iy   12i  5 , where x and y are real numbers, find the set of possible values
2
8.
of x  iy . Hence solve the equation z 2  4 z  12i  9 .

9. (i) Given that 1  i is a root of the equation 2w3  aw2  bw  2  0, find the values of the

real numbers a and b.

(ii) For these values of a and b, solve the equation in part (ii) without the use of a calculator.

10. One of the roots of the equation z 3  2 z 2  az  1  3i  0 is z  i . Find the complex number a
and the other roots. (2014/HCI/P1/Q3)

11. The complex number z is defined by z  cos  isin  , where π    π .

Find, in Cartesian form, x  iy , the complex number z such that 3  i  3z  1  ei π   .

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Challenging Questions
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πi i
1. The complex numbers 2e and 2e are represented by points A and B respectively in an
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Argand diagram with origin O. Show that triangle OAB is equilateral.

2. If z = i is a root of the equation z 3  1  3i  z 2   2  3i  z  2  0 , determine the other roots.

Hence find the roots of the equation w3  1  3i  w2   3i  2  w  2  0 .

3. A complex number w is such that ww  16 3 i  8iw  0 and Im( w)  5 , where w is the
conjugate of w .
(i) Find w in the form x  yi, where x, y  .
(ii) Find the integer values of n such that wn is real .
3 6 9 21
 w  w  w  w
(iii) Evaluate 1           ...    .
4 4 4 4

Another complex number z has modulus 4 and satisfies arg 

zi  3
 π.
 1 i  4
(iv) Express z in the form of a  bi , where a, b  .
(v) Find the area of the triangle ZWO where Z and W are points on the Argand diagram that
represent the complex numbers z and w respectively, and O is the origin.
(2009/HCI/P2/Q3)

Numerical Answers to Basic Mastery Questions

13 41
1(a) 71–19i (b)  i
25 25
 π  2π 
π i     π   π  2π i   2π 2π 
2(a) 2,  ,2e  2  ,2 cos    +i sin     (b) 2, ,2e  3  , 2  cos  i sin 
2   2  2  3  3 3 
 π
π i     π  π 
(c) 2 2,  , 2 2e  12  ,2 2 cos    + i sin    
12   12   12  
 7π 
7 i     7π   7π  
(d) 2,  π, 2e  12  , 2 cos    + i sin    
12   12   12  
π
   π
 π π i  π i   π π
(e) 3, , 3  cos  i sin  , 3e  6  (f) 3, ,3e  3  ,3  cos  i sin 
6  6 6 3  3 3
 π
π i     π   π 
,3  cos π  i sin π 
i π 
(g) 3, π,3e (h) 3,  ,3e  6  ,3  cos     i sin    
6   6  6 
3(a)  3  i (b) 1  i 3

Numerical Answers to Practice Questions

1 π π 1 5π 5π 
1.(i)  cos  i sin  (ii)  cos  i sin 
2 6 6 2 6 6 
  3π   3π   2  11π 11π 
(iii) 128 2 cos     isin     (iv)  cos  i sin 
  4  4  4  12 12 

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(v) 512 2  cos  i sin 

5π 5π
 12 12 
π
2. (i) 3/2, (ii) 4
8
π 2π
3. (i) 1, 2θ (ii) ,
5 5

6. 1  2i
7. w  1  i, z  2  i
8. 2  3i or  2  3i, z  3i, z  4  3i
1
9. (i) a = -5, b = 6 (ii) w  1  i, 1  i,
2

10. a  2  3i ; z  1 or 3  i

11. z  0.6  0.8i

Numerical Answers to Challenging Questions

2(i) 1, 2i ;  i,  2i, 1

3(i) w  2 3  2i  2( 3  i) (ii) n  6k where k 
2
(iii) 0 (iv) 4i (v) 4 3 unit

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