STUDENT NUMBER_____________________

TEACHER NAME___________________
BAULKHAM HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
HSC ASSESSMENT TASK 1
2011
MATHEMATICS
EXTENSION 2
Time allowed - 50 minutes plus 5 minutes reading time
DIRECTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Attempt ALL questions.

Begin each Question on a new page. Write your name on each page.

All necessary working should be shown. Marks may be deducted for careless or
poorly arranged work.

Approved calculators and templates (Math Aids) may be used. Do NOT use liquid
paper or correction tape. At the end of the exam, attach this cover sheet to the front of your
solutions,
Question

Mark

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Total

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QUESTION 1
a)

b)

c)

d)

If
(i)
(ii)

and

b)

:
1
1

(i)

Express

(ii)

Hence or otherwise, evaluate (

in mod-arg form

Sketch the locus:

|
|
(i)
(ii)
(
)
(

If

2
2
) and

, find

(11 marks)
(

Sketch the locus of

(ii)
(iii)

Find the equation of this locus

Find the maximum value of | |

is a complex cube root of 1 and

(i)
Show that
is also a root
(ii)
Show that
(iii)

Find the value of

(iv)

Simplify

Find the roots of

(ii)

Factorise

(iii)

Hence evaluate

2
2
1
.
1
1

2
2

(11 marks)

(i)

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(i)

QUESTION 3
a)

, find in the form

QUESTION 2
a)

(12 marks)

Start a new page now

-1=0, and plot them on an Argand diagram

into real linear and quadratic factors

2
2
3

Question 3 continues over page

QUESTION 3 Continued
b)

In the diagram below (not to scale), OPQR is a rectangle and OP=2.OR

Point Q represents the complex number 5+5i

(i)
(ii)

Find the complex numbers represented by points P and R

Find the complex number represented by the vector

QUESTION 4
a)

(10 marks)

The complex numbers

and

is a real number and

It is given that (

are such that

if | |

.
) is real.

(i)

Expand and simplify (

(ii)

Show that

(iii)

Hence show that

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Find the Cartesian equation of the locus of

b)

1
2

(iv)

Let

(v)

Hence evaluate

. Show that the smallest positive value of

2
is

1
1

End of examination