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Loci and regions in the Argand diagram

6 questions · 41 marks · about 50 minutes

Loci and regions in the Argand diagram questions

AQA 7367 Loci and regions in the Argand diagram 6 questions

Paper 2 June 2024, Question 17 9 marks

The Argand diagram below shows a circle C

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(a)

Write down the equation of the locus of C in the form

│ z – w │ = a

where w is a complex number whose real and imaginary parts are integers, and a is an integer.

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(b)

It is given that z1 is a complex number representing a point on C. Of all the complex numbers which represent points on C, z1 has the least argument.

(b)(i)

Find │z1│

Give your answer in an exact form.

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(b)(ii)
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Paper 1 June 2023, Question 2 1 mark

The diagram below shows a locus on an Argand diagram.

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Which of the equations below represents the locus shown above?

Circle your answer.

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Paper 2 June 2023, Question 10 8 marks

The region R on an Argand diagram satisfies both maths symbolz maths symbol 2imaths symbol maths symbol 3 and maths symbol fraction maths symbol arg (z) maths symbol fraction

(a)

Sketch R on the Argand diagram below.

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(b)

Find the maximum value of maths symbolzmaths symbol in the region R, giving your answer in exact form.

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Paper 1 June 2022, Question 8 11 marks

(a)

The complex number w is such that

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It is given that w maths symbol x maths symbol iy, where x and y are real and x maths symbol 0

Find an equation for y in terms of x

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(b)

The complex number z satisfies both

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The region R is the locus of z

Sketch the region R on the Argand diagram below.

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(c)

z1 is the point in R at which maths symbolzmaths symbol is minimum.

(c)(i)

Calculate the exact value of maths symbolz1maths symbol

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(c)(ii)

Express z1 in the form a maths symbol ib, where a and b are real.

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Paper 2 June 2019, Question 6 6 marks

A circle C in the complex plane has equation maths symbolz maths symbol 2 maths symbol 5imaths symbol a

The point z1 on C has the least argument of any point on C, and arg (z1) maths symbol fraction

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