2022 NJC P1 Q8

2022 NJC P1 Q8

9 marks
Prelims

Two complex numbers are \(z=2\left( \cos \frac{\pi }{4}-\mathrm{i}\sin \frac{\pi }{4} \right)\) and \(w=\left( -\mathrm{i}\sqrt{3} \right)z\).

  1. Show that \(z+{{w}^{*}}=r{{\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{i}\left( \frac{3\pi }{4} \right)}}\) for some positive constant \(r\) to be determined exactly.[3]
  2. Hence find the values of \(n\) such that \({{\left( z+{{w}^{*}} \right)}^{n}}\) is purely imaginary.[2]

It is given that \(v=\frac{z+{{w}^{*}}}{{{z}^{*}}w}\).

  1. By finding \(\arg \left( v \right)\) or otherwise, find an equation relating \(\operatorname{Re}\left( v \right)\) and \(\operatorname{Im}\left( v \right)\). Also, find \(\left| v \right|\) exactly.[4]

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Answer:\((2\sqrt{3}-2)\,e^{i3\pi/4}\); \(n = \frac{2}{3} + \frac{4}{3}k\); \(\text{Re}\hspace{0.1em}(v) = \text{Im}\hspace{0.1em}(v)\), \(|v| = \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}}\)

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