IRKISONGO GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL

FORM SIX EGM-2021/22

REVISION QUESTIONS
1. Find the real values of x and y for which the following equations are satisfied:-
a) 1  i x  1  i  y  1  3i [Ans: x  2 y  1 ]

b)
1  i x  2i  2  3i y  i  i [Ans: x  3 y  1 ]
3i 3i
, then find Re z 
1 1
2. If z  [Ans: x  ]
1  cos  i sin  2
5i 3
, then find the value of x 2  5 x   x x  5
2
3. If x  [Ans: 42 ]
2
1 x
4. If  cos 2  i sin 2 , then find the value of x. [Ans: i tan  ]
1 x
 x  iy , then show that  x  1 x  3 equals to  y 2
3
5. If
2  cos  i sin 
1 1
6. Find the modulus of z  [Ans: ]
1  i 2  3i  26
7. Find the argument of the following numbers:
1 i 3 4
a) [Ans: ]
1 i 3 3
1 i 3 
b) [Ans: ]
3i 6
1  i 3 2

4i 1  i 3 
c) [Ans: ]
2
2
d) If z  1  i 3 , then find the value of argz   argz  [Ans: ]
3
8. If z1  z 2 and arg  z1   arg  z 2   0 , then show that z1  z 2
9. Simplify the following and put in algebraic form:
a) cos  i sin  cos  i sin  1 [Ans: 1]

b)
cos 2  i sin 2 7 cos 3  i sin 3 5 [Ans: cos 47  i sin 47 ]
cos 4  i sin 4 12 cos 5  i sin 5 6
 
8

1  cos 8  i sin 8 
c)   [Ans: -1]
1  cos   i sin  
 8 8 
d) cos 2  i sin 2 5
cos 3  i sin 3 6 sin   i cos 3 [Ans: sin 25  i cos 25 ]

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10. Prove that;
a) cos 60 
 i sin 60  
6
1
n
 1  cos   i sin  
b)    cos n  i sin n
 1  cos   i sin  
8 8
1 i  1 i 
c)     2
 2  2
6 6
 3 i i  3
d)   
 
  2

 2   2 
x y  
11. If x  cos   i sin  , y  cos   i sin  then show that  i tan
x y 2
1  1
12. If x   2 cos , then find x 5  5 [Ans: 0]
x 10 x
1
13. If z  z  1 , then simplify z  z 100
100
[Ans: -1]
a  ib a b
, prove that x 2  y 2   2
2 2
2
14. If x  iy 
c  id c d2
15. If 1,  ,  2 are the three cube roots of unity, show that 1     2 1     2   4
16. If 3  4i is a root of the equation x 2  px  q  0 , then find p and q. [Ans: p  6, q  25 ]
17. If 2  i 3 is a root of the quadratic equation x 2  ax  b  0 , then find a and b.
[Ans: p  4, q  7
18. For the equation 3x 2  px  3  0 , if one of the roots is square of the other, then find p.
19. Prove that x 4  4  x  1  i x  1  i x  1  i x  1  i 
20. Solve the equation x 4  4 x 2  8x  35  0 having given that one root is 2  3i
[Ans: 2  3i ,  2  i ]
z  5i
21. If z is a complex number such that  1 , then find the locus of z .{Ans: real axis}
z  5i
22. If f  z  be divide by z  i and z  i , the remainders are respectively i and 1  i .
 1
Determine the remainder when f  z  is divided by z 2  1
i
[Ans: z  i   ]
2  2
1  iz
23. Show that if z  x  iy and w  , then w  1 implies that in the complex plane z lies
z i
on real axis.
2z  1
If the imaginary part of is  2 , then prove that the locus of the point representing z in
iz  1
the complex plane is a straight line and find its equation. [Ans: 1  2i z  1  2i z  4 ]
 z  8i 
24. If Re   0 , then show that z lies on the curve x  y  6 x  8 y  0
2 2

 z6 

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  z 1 
25. Show that the locus of the points z satisfying the condition arg   is a circle.
 z  1 3
z i
26. If z is the affix of P in the Argand diagram and P moves so that is always purely
z 1
1 1 1
imaginary, then prove that locus of P is a circle of center  ,  and radius
2 2 2
z2
27. Determine the locus of the point z such that is always real
z 1
28. If z  1  i 3 , then find the value of argz   arg z  2
3
] [Ans:

29. Let z and w be two non-zero complex numbers such that z  w and argz   argw   .
Then show that z   w
30. If z  a z  1  i  0 and a  2 , then find z [Ans:  2  i ]
1 i 
31. If z    , then find z
4
[Ans: 1 ]
1 i 
z 1
32. If z  1 , prove that z  1 is a pure imaginary number. What will you conclude if
z 1
z 1
z  1 ? If number is a pure imaginary, then prove that z  1
z 1
33. If z  cos  i sin  , then find 1  z  z 2 [Ans: 1  2 cos  ]
1  c  is
34. If c 2  s 2  1, then show that  c  is
1  c  is
3  5i 53
35. If x  iy  , then find y. [Ans: ]
7  6i 85
36. If x  iy  p  iq   x 2  y 2 i , then show that x  q , y  p
 9  3i
37. w  find the modulus and the argument of the complex number w.
1  2i
3
[Ans: w  3 2 , arg w   ]
4
3 1
38. Solve the equation 2 z 2  2iz  5  0 [Ans: z    i]
2 2
  4i
39. z  . Given that z is a real number, find the possible values of  [Ans:   2 ]
1  i
1  18i
40. The complex number z satisfies the equation 4 z  3z  where z denotes the complex
2i
conjugate of z. Solve the equation, giving the answer in the form x  iy , where x and y are
real numbers [Ans: z  4  i ]
41. Solve the equation z  21  20i give the answers in the form a  ib [Ans: z   5  2i  ]
2

42. The cubic equation 2 z 3  5z 2  cz  5  0 has a solution z  1  2i , find the other two
1
solutions and the value of c. [Ans: z 2  1  2i , z 3  , c  12 ]
2

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43. The roots of the equation z 2  4 z  29  0 are z1 and z 2 . Show that z1  z 2 and calculate
in degrees, the argument of z1 and the argument of z 2 . In an Argand diagram, O is the
origin and z1 and z 2 are represented by the points P and Q. Calculate the radius of the circle
passing through the points O, P and Q.
44. Sketch on an Argand diagram the loci given by z  1  2i  5 , z  5  i  z  3  5i show
that these loci intersect at the point z1 where z1  2  2i , and at a second point z 2 . Find
z 2 in the form a  ib , where a and b are real. Express z1 in the form r cos   i sin  
where r  0 and       , giving the value of r and the value of  . Show that z1 is a
root of the equation z 4  64  0 . Express z 4  64 in the form z 2  Az  B z 2  Cz  D 
where A, B, C and D are real, and find these numbers.
45. The complex number z satisfies the equation z  1  2 z  1 . The point P represents z on
an Argand diagram. Show that the locus of P is a circle with its centre on the real axis, and
find its radius.
46. Find the four roots of the equation z  1  4z  1  0 , expressing the roots z1 , z 2 , z 3
4 4

and z 4 in the form a  ib . Show that the points on an Argand diagram representing z1 , z 2 ,
z 3 and z 4 are the vertices of a trapezium and calculate its area.
47. Let z be the complex number  1  3i
a) Express z 2 in the form a  ib
b) Find the value of the real number p such that z 2  pz is real.
5
c) Find the value of the real number q such that Arg z 2  qz  
6
48. Use the method of mathematical induction to prove that cos  i sin    cos n  i sin n
n

where n is a positive integer. Deduce that the result is also true when n is a negative number.
Show that 2 cos n  z n  z  n , where z  cos  i sin  . By considering z  z 1  show that
4


6
cos 4  
1
cos 4  4 cos 2  3 . Hence evaluate  cos 4 2 d
8 0

49. z 3  2  4i z 2  31  3i z  14  2i  0
Find the three solutions of the above equation given that one of these solutions is purely
imaginary. [Ans: z  2i , z  2  i , z  1  3i ]
50. Solve the equation z  27  0
3

 n
51. Use de Moivre’s theorem to show that 3  i  2 n  cos
 n
 i sin
n 
 , where n is an
 6 6 
integer.
a) Find the least positive integer m for which  3 i 
m
is real and positive.
 
b) Given that 3  i is a root of the equation z 9  161  i z 3  a  ib  0 , find the
values of the real constants a and b.

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52. Solve the following systems of linear equations:
ix  ix 2  2
a)  1 [Ans: x1  i , x 2  i ]
 2 x1  x 2  i

 x  x2  2
b)  1 [Ans: x1  1  i , x 2  1  i ]
 x1  x 2  2i
53. Solve z 5  6i
54. Solve x 2  2 x  3  0
55. Find x, y if :
a) 3  2i 2  3x  iy   x  iy
x y
b)   2  4i
1  i 4  3i
x yi 2
c)  
2  i i  3 1 i
56. Given that 𝑝 and 𝑞 are real and that 1+2𝑖 is a root of the equation z 2   p  5i z  q2  i   0
Determine:
a) The values of 𝑝 and 𝑞
b) The other root of the equation
57. Find all solutions to z 3  1
58. Find the square root of  8  6i [Ans: 1  3i ]
59. Prove that cos 3  cos3   3 cos sin 2 
60. Show that the complex number 1  i is a root of the cubic equation
z 3  z 2  5  7i z  10  2i   0 and hence find the other two roots.
61. Show that the complex number 2  3i is a root of the cubic equation
z 4  4 z 3  17z 2  16z  52  0 and hence find the other two roots.
62. Find all the solutions of the cubic z 3  2  2i
63. Sketch;
a) z 3

b) 2  z  3


c) z  4  0  arg 
3
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