Name:

Class:

YEAR 12
ASSESSMENT TEST 1
TERM 4, 2015

MATHEMATICS
EXTENSION 2
Time Allowed – 90 Minutes
(Plus 5 minutes Reading Time)

 All questions may be attempted

 All questions are of equal value

 Department of Education approved calculators and templates are permitted

 In every Question, show all relevant mathematical reasoning and/or calculations.

 Marks may not be awarded for careless or badly arranged work

 No grid paper is to be used unless provided with the examination paper

The answers to all questions are to be returned in separate bundles clearly labeled
Question 1, Question 2, etc.
Each question must show (in the top right hand corner) your Candidate Number.
Question 1 (15 marks) Marks

(a) Find ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ in the form 2

(b) Given that , √ and

i. find the modulus of when | | 2

2
ii. find the argument of when ( )
2
iii. Hence find the values of and

(c) If is a real number, find all possible values of 3

(d) i. Find all possible values for the square root of √ in the 2

form

√ 2
ii. Hence or otherwise, solve the equation √

Question 2 (15 marks) Marks

(a) The points and represents the complex numbers and 2

respectively. is the origin and is a point on an argand diagram such that

is a parallelogram. Represent this information on an Argand diagram

and hence determine the complex number represented by .

(b) The coefficients of the equation are real. 4

Prove that if it is known that one root is purely imaginary.

(c) z  1  2
i. Find the equation of the curve if
z  1 3

ii. Describe the curve. 2

(d) Shade the region defined by: and | | 4

(a) Given that z  3  5 , find the greatest and least values of z  1 . 2

(b) i. Use De Moivre's theorem to express in terms of . 3

ii. Solve the equation 2

iii. Hence find the exact value of tan( ) as a surd 3

(c) Points A, P and Q represent the complex numbers a, z1 and z2 respectively

where z1 and z2 are the roots of the equation

P
y
A

Not to scale

Q
O x

i. Copy the diagram and explain why points O, P, A and Q form a

parallelogram. 2

ii. Prove that is equilateral, giving reasons. 3

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(a) i. If show that 1

ii. Prove that

. 3

iii. If show that . 2

iv. Hence show that: 3cot3 ( ) ( ) 3

(You may assume that cos( )+isin( ) without proof)

(b) On the Argand diagram below, point P represents the complex number z1 and

A is the point (1,0). PO is produced to B so that . A line parallel

to AB passing through the origin O meets the circle through points P, A and B

at Q and R.

Let point R represent the complex number and

z1
R Not to scale
z2

O 𝜃
A x

Q
B

i. Copy the diagram and prove that , giving reasons 2

ii. Prove point R represents one of the square roots of 4

(You may assume that a cyclic trapezium is isosceles without proof)

End of Exam