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FORT STREET HIGH SCHOOL

2019
HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE COURSE

ASSESSMENT TASK 1

Mathematics Extension 2
Time allowed: 1 Hour
(plus 5 minutes reading time)

Syllabus
Assessment Area Description and Marking Guidelines Questions
Outcomes
Uses the relationship between algebraic and geometric
E3 1
representations of complex numbers
Communicates abstract ideas and relationships using appropriate
E9 2
notation and logical argument

Question Total 30 Marks

Total Marks: 30
Attempt Questions 1-2 Q1 /15
Q2 /15
Percent

General Instructions:
• Questions 1-2 are to be started in a new booklet
• The marks allocated for each question are indicated
• In Questions 1-2, show relevant mathematical reasoning and/or calculations
• Marks may be deducted for careless or badly arranged work
• Board – approved calculators may be used
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Question 1 [15 marks]

a) If z1 = 3i and z2 = 1 + i , find the values of

i) z1 − z2 1

ii) z1 + z2 1

z1
iii) 1
z2

5π
b) z and w are two complex numbers such that z = 4 and arg ( z ) = , while w = 2
6
π
and arg ( w ) = .
3

i) Express each of z and w in the form a + ib , where a and b are real. 2

ii) In an Argand diagram the points P and Q represent the complex numbers
z and w respectively. Find the distance PQ in simplest exact form. 2

c)

i) Solve ( x + iy ) =
2
6i 2

ii) Hence or otherwise, solve z 2 − (1 − i ) z − 2i =

0 3

d) Sketch in the Argand diagram the locus of the complex number z given by
π
arg ( z=
) arg ( z − 2 ) + . 3
2

3
Question 2 [15 marks]

a) The point P in the Argand diagram

opposite represents the complex number
z . The right-angled triangle OPQ is
isosceles and triangle OPR is equilateral.

i) Find, in terms of z , the complex number represented by the point Q. 1

ii) Find, in mod/arg form and in terms of z , the complex number represented
→
by the vector QR . 2

iii)If R represents the complex number w, show that w3 + z 3 =

0. 2

b) For the equation z 5 + 1 =0,

i) Find the complex roots (in cisθ form) and sketch them on an Argand
diagram. 3

ii) Hence express the equation in irreducible linear and quadratic factored
form over  (the real numbers). 2

c) z1 , z2 and z3 are the three cube roots of a complex number z where z = 1 .

π
i) Given 0 < arg ( z1 ) < , draw an Argand diagram showing the (relative)
2
positions of z1 , z2 and z3 . 2

ii) Evaluate z1 − 1 + z2 − 1 + z3 − 1 .
2 2 2
3

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