Two of the roots of the equation , where is a positive real number, are and . The other two roots are denoted and , where and .
- (i)
Show that .
- (ii)
Find and , giving your answer in terms of if necessary.
- (iii)
Find the two smallest positive integer values of for which is purely imaginary.
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6(ii)
1. Calculate the modulus of $z_3$.
Since is a positive real number, .
2. Calculate the argument of $z_3$.
Since both the real and imaginary parts of are positive, it lies in the first quadrant in the Argand diagram.
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6(iii)
1. Find the argument of $\overline{z_3}$ and $-1+i$.
From part (i), .
The conjugate is , so .
For the denominator , its argument is .
Thus, .
This is equivalent to a principal argument of .
2. Formulate the condition for the expression to be purely imaginary.
Let . For to be purely imaginary, its real part must be zero, which means its argument must be an odd multiple of .
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We require for some integer .
3. Solve for the two smallest positive integer values of $n$.
Simplifying the equation gives:
This requires to be an odd multiple of . Since , must be a multiple of .
Let , where is an integer. Substituting this gives:
Since represents an odd integer, must be odd, which means must be an odd integer.
For to be the two smallest positive integers, we choose the two smallest positive odd integers for : and .
For :
For :
and
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