N2020 P1 Q4

N2020 P1 Q4

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Past Year National Exams
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Three complex numbers are \({{z}_{1}}=1+\sqrt{3}\mathrm{i}\), \({{z}_{2}}=1-\mathrm{i}\) and \({{z}_{3}}=2\left( \cos \frac{1}{6}\pi +\mathrm{i}\sin \frac{1}{6}\pi \right)\).

  1. Find \(\frac{{{z}_{1}}}{{{z}_{2}}{{z}_{3}}}\) in the form \(r\,(\cos \theta +\mathbf{i}\sin \theta )\), where \(r>0\) and \(-\pi <\theta \le \pi \).[4]

A fourth complex number, \({{z}_{4}}\), is such that \(\frac{{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{4}}}{{{z}_{2}}{{z}_{3}}}\) is purely imaginary and \(\left| \frac{{{z}_{1}}{{z}_{4}}}{{{z}_{2}}{{z}_{3}}} \right|=1\) .

  1. Find the possible values of \({{z}_{4}}\) in the form \(r\,(\cos \theta +\mathbf{i}\sin \theta )\), where \(r>0\) and \(-\pi <\theta \le \pi \).[3]

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Answer:(i) \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left( \cos \frac{5}{12}\pi +\mathrm{i}\sin \frac{5}{12}\pi \right)\) (ii) \({{z}_{4}}=\sqrt{2}\left[ \cos \left( \frac{1}{12}\pi \right)+\mathrm{i}\sin \left( \frac{1}{12}\pi \right) \right]\) \text{ or } \(\sqrt{2}\left[ \cos \left( -\frac{11}{12}\pi \right)+\mathrm{i}\sin \left( -\frac{11}{12}\pi \right) \right]\)

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