Question 1418

Complex Numbers

2018 Paper 2 Question 2 Variant

Question

(a)

One of the roots of the equation

9 x^4 - 60 x^3 + s x^2 + 352 x + t=0,

where

{s}

and

{t}

are real, is

{4 - 4 \mathrm{i}.}

Find the other roots of the equation and the values of

{s}

and

{t.}

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(b)

The complex number

{w}

is such that

{w^3 = -27.}

(bi)

Given that one possible value of

{w}

{-3,}

use a non-calculator method to find the other possible values of

{w.}

Give your answers in the form

{a+\mathrm{i}b,}

where

{a}

and

{b}

are exact values.

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(bii)

Write these values of

{w}

in modulus-argument form and represent them on an Argand diagram.

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(biii)

Find the sum and product of all the possible values of

{w,}

simplifying your answers.

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