MATHEMATICS with CALCULUS

Level 3
90638 Manipulate real and complex numbers, and solve equations
Credits: Five
Answer ALL questions in the spaces provided in this booklet.
Show ALL working for ALL questions.
Check that this booklet has pages 29 in the correct order and that none of these pages is
blank.
YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE
EXAMINATION.

For Assessors use only

Achievement Criteria

Achievement
Manipulate real and complex
numbers, and solve
equations.

Achievement with Merit

Solve more complicated equations.

Achievement with
Excellence
Solve problem(s) involving
real or complex numbers.

Overall Level of Performance

New Zealand Qualifications Authority, 2003

All rights reserved. This publication may be reproduced for use with students and the training of teachers for the implementation of NCEA.

You are advised to spend 40 minutes answering the questions in this booklet.
QUESTION ONE

p =3 +2 3
(a)

q = 2 3 3

Find 2 w + z leaving your answer in the form

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(b)

Find u leaving your answer in the form rcis .

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(c)

Write u as a complex number in rectangular form.

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(d)

Write pq as a number in the form a + b 3 .

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QUESTION TWO
Find all the solutions (including complex number solutions) of each of the following equations.
(a)

x 3 2x 2 5x + 6 = 0

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(b)

log10 (3x 1) = 1.4

giving your answer to 3 significant figures.

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(c)

x 2 4x + 5 = 0
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QUESTION THREE
Find all the solutions of

leaving your answers in polar form.

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QUESTION FOUR
Solve 6 x +1 = 3 x giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
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QUESTION FIVE
Solve

2x 1 = x 2 .

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QUESTION SIX

z = x + iy is any non-zero complex number. If z +

(a)

1
= k , with k real,
z

prove that either y = 0 or x 2 + y 2 = 1 .

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(b)

Show that if y = 0 then k 2

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