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TEST 4. Complex Numbers (2015B)

This document contains 8 practice questions for a complex numbers test. The questions cover a range of topics involving complex numbers, including: finding values of complex numbers given equations relating them; calculating modulus and argument of complex numbers; finding coefficients of polynomials given that complex numbers are zeros; solving equations involving complex number exponents; using properties of roots of unity; and manipulating trigonometric identities involving complex exponents. Marks are allocated for each part question ranging from 1 to 13 marks total for the full question.

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TEST 4. Complex Numbers (2015B)

This document contains 8 practice questions for a complex numbers test. The questions cover a range of topics involving complex numbers, including: finding values of complex numbers given equations relating them; calculating modulus and argument of complex numbers; finding coefficients of polynomials given that complex numbers are zeros; solving equations involving complex number exponents; using properties of roots of unity; and manipulating trigonometric identities involving complex exponents. Marks are allocated for each part question ranging from 1 to 13 marks total for the full question.

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MATH HL

TEST
COMPLEX NUMBERS
by Christos Nikolaidis

Name:____________________________________ Marks:____/80

Date:________________ Grade: ______

Questions

1. [Maximum mark: 6]
a b
The two complex numbers z  and w  where a, b  R are such that
1 i 1  2i
z  w  3 . Calculate the value of a and of b [6 marks]

2. [Maximum mark: 7]
The complex number z is given by :

z   3 i
(a) Find the value of the modulus and the argument of z. [3 marks]
i
(b) Find arg   , giving your answer in degrees [4 marks]
z

3. [Maximum mark: 6]
Consider the polynomial p(x) = x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, where a, b, c, d  .
Given that 1 + i and 1 – 2i are zeros of p(x), find the values of a, b, c and d. [6 marks]

4. [Maximum mark: 10]


(a) Solve the equation
z 3  32  32 3 i

giving your answer in the form re i where   0, π    . [6 marks]


(b) Show that your solutions satisfy the equation

2  0
for an integer k, the value of which should be stated. [4 marks]
5. [Maximum mark: 7]
n 2
n
(a) Show that (1  i ) n  (1  i ) n  2 2
cos , n N [5 marks]
4
(b) Hence find that the value of (1  i )19  (1  i )19 , simplified to an integer. [2 marks]

6. [Maximum mark: 18]


2 2
Consider z  cos  i sin
7 7
(a) Show that z is a 7th root of 1. [2 marks]
(b) Write down all the 7th roots of 1. [3 marks]
th
(c) Show that the sum of the 7 roots of 1 is 0. [2 marks]
2 4 6 1
(d) Hence, or otherwise, show that cos  cos  cos  [4 marks]
7 7 7 2
Let
A  z  z2  z4 and B  z3  z5  z6
(e) Given A  B  m and AB  n , where m and n are integers, find
(i) the value of m; (ii) the value of n. [4 marks]
(f) Find A  B
2 2
[3 marks]

7. [Maximum mark: 13]


(a) Show that e i  1 [1 mark]
1 1
Consider the geometric series 1+ e i + e 2 i  ⋯
3 9
(b) Write down the common ratio, z, of the series, and state its modulus. [2 marks]
(c) Find an expression for the sum to infinity of the series. [2 marks]
1 1 9 sin 
(d) Hence show that sinθ + sin 2  sin 3  ⋯  [8 marks]
3 9 10  6 cos 

8. [Maximum mark: 13]


1 i
(a) Use Euler’s form for e i and e  i to show that cos   (e  e  i )
2
and find a similar expression for sin  . [2 marks]

(b) Hence, by using the binomial theorem, show that


1
cos 2  sin 4   (cos 6  2 cos 4  cos 2  2). [7 marks]
32
(c) Hence find the exact value of


0
3 cos 2  sin 4d . [4 marks]

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