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Mathematics Extension 2
General lnstuctions

Total marks - 52

Working time - 70 minutes

Attempt Questions 1 - 4
All questions are of equal value

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Question
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Question
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Question
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Question
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Total

Question 1
a)

(13 marks)

For the ellipse with equation x 2

+ 4y 2 =

16

find

i)

the eccentricity

ii)

the coordinates ofthe foci

iii) the equation of the directrices

iv) the length of the chord of the ellipse which passes through the focus and is

perpendicular to the major axis of the ellipse

(
b)

Factorise x 2

+ 6x + 25

c)

i) Express

+ i.../3

over the complex field

in modulus argument form.

ii) Find the smallest positive integer value of n such that

Im(-l+i)n
= 0
l+iv'3
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If z == 2 + i and w == 3- 2i find simplified expressions for

a)

i)

z+w

ii)

z
w

Sketch the locus of z described by the following -

b)

c)

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(13 marks)

Question 2

i)

0 < Arg(z- 2i) < ~

ii)

/m(z 2 )

= lz- il

Solve z 2 == 7 +

hffZ

over the complex field,

giving your answer in the form x

d)

Given

cos (x- y) == y cos x

show that

+ iy

dy
dx

where x andy are real.

sin( x-y)-y sin x

-~....;..,;__..;._

__

sin(x-y)-cosx

Question 3

a)

(13 marks)

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P(a cos e, b sin e) is a point on the ellipse

i)

+ yb

= 1 'where a > b.

Show that the equation of the normal to the above ellipse at the point P
. given
.
b y the equation
. --(}
ax - -.by
cos
sm (}

IS

ii)

X2

= a2 -

b2

The normal found in part i) meets the major axis of the ellipse
at the point G.
If S is a focus of the ellipse and e its eccentricity,

show that SG = eSP

b)

Find all the solutions of z 6

c)

Simplify

= -1

Question 4
a)

(13 marks)

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i) Draw a neat sketch of the locus represented by

lz + vz - iVZI = 1
ii) For z on the locus in part i) find

c
b)

lzl

a)

the minimum value of

{3)

the minimum value of Arg(z)

1
1

z is a complex number such that Arg(z) = () where ~

< () < ~.
2

Find expressions for the following in terms of(),

c)

i)

Arg(iz + z)

ii)

Arg(iz- z)

xz
For the general ellipse 2
a

yz

+ 2b = 1, where a> b

describe the

effect on the ellipse as e ~ 0 ( e is the eccentricity)

c
d)

Show by Mathematical Induction that

+ a 2 + .................. +an)

> 1, if ak satisfies 0 < ak < 1 for 1 $

k $ n.

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