CAIE P3 2009 November — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP3 (Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2009
SessionNovember
TopicComplex Numbers Argand & Loci

7 The complex numbers \(- 2 + \mathrm { i }\) and \(3 + \mathrm { i }\) are denoted by \(u\) and \(v\) respectively.
  1. Find, in the form \(x + \mathrm { i } y\), the complex numbers
    (a) \(u + v\),
    (b) \(\frac { u } { v }\), showing all your working.
  2. State the argument of \(\frac { u } { v }\). In an Argand diagram with origin \(O\), the points \(A , B\) and \(C\) represent the complex numbers \(u , v\) and \(u + v\) respectively.
  3. Prove that angle \(A O B = \frac { 3 } { 4 } \pi\).
  4. State fully the geometrical relationship between the line segments \(O A\) and \(B C\).