JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations Question Bank Geometry of complex numbers

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    If \[|{{z}^{2}}-1|\,=\,|z{{|}^{2}}+1\], then \[z\]lies on [AIEEE 2004]

    A) An ellipse

    B) The imaginary axis

    C) A circle

    D) The real axis

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    We have  \[|{{z}^{2}}-1|\ =\ |z{{|}^{2}}+1\] Þ \[|{{(x+iy)}^{2}}-1|\ =\ |x+iy{{|}^{2}}+1\] Þ \[|({{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}-1)+2xyi|\ ={{\left( \sqrt{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}} \right)}^{2}}+1\] Þ \[\sqrt{{{({{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}-1)}^{2}}+{{(2xy)}^{2}}}={{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+1\] Þ \[{{x}^{4}}+{{y}^{4}}+1-2{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}+2{{y}^{2}}-2{{x}^{2}}+4{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}\]                       \[={{x}^{4}}+{{y}^{4}}+1+2{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}+2{{y}^{2}}+2{{x}^{2}}\] Þ \[2{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}=2{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}+4{{x}^{2}}\]Þ \[x=0\] then, \[z=x+iy=0+iy=iy\] Hence \[z\] lies on imaginary axis.


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