MAT1581 Assignment 2 - Solutions
MAT1581 Assignment 2 - Solutions
MAT1581 Assignment 2 - Solutions
Assignment 1 Semester 1, 2022
This assignment is a written assignment based on Study Guide 1, Chapters 4 and 5. Year mark contribution
25%. Pay attention to how you write down your answers. Your reasoning must be clear to the marker.
Question 1
Complex numbers. Remember i2= j2 = -1.
Z1
For the following pairs of complex numbers find . (Leave your answer in the same form,
Z2
rectangular, polar or exponential, in which the question was asked.)
1.1 Z1 1 j and Z2 1 j (3)
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MAT1581 Assignment 1 Semester 1, 2022
Question 2
ANSWER:
For exponential form the answer must be in radians
2 35
5
25 5 35
32 175
32 175
180
35
j
32e 36
Question 3
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MAT1581 Assignment 1 Semester 1, 2022
Method 2
5 2 j 4 j 3 j
x yj
3 j 3 j
22 3 j 3 j
x yj
9 1
66 9 j 22 j 3 j 2
x yj
10
69 13 j
x yj
10
Comparing real and imaginary parts give: x 6.9 and y 1.3
Question 4
Answer:
Given 1;
3 thus r 1 and
3
r; r cos j sin
1; 3 cos 3 j sin 3
cos 3 j sin 3
1 3
j
2 2
Question 5
5.1 Write down the equation of the ellipse with center (0;0), one focal point at
(0;4) and one vertex at (0;5). (3)
(0;5)
(0;4)
Answer:
x2 y 2
Center: (0;0) thus Ellipse 1
a 2 b2
Focal point (0;4) thus c = 4
Vertex (0;5) thus b = 5
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MAT1581 Assignment 1 Semester 1, 2022
Now c b a
2 2 2
16 25 a 2
a2 9
x2 y2
1
9 25
5.2 Give the co-ordinates of the centre and the radius of the circle described by:
x 3 y 1 5
2 2
(3)
Answer:
Rewrite in standardform: x y 16
2 2
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TOTAL: 30
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