CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2011

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    If the imaginary part of\[\frac{2+i}{ai-1}\]is zero, where a is a real number, then the value of a is equal to

    A)  \[\frac{1}{2}\]                                  

    B)  \[2\]

    C)  \[-\frac{1}{2}\]                

    D)         \[-2\]

    E)  \[\frac{3}{2}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Given, let\[z=\frac{2+i}{ai-1}\]and\[(z)=0,a\in R\]            ...(i) \[z=\frac{(2+i)(ai+1)}{(ai-1)(ai+1)}\] \[z=\frac{2ai+a{{i}^{2}}+2+i}{{{a}^{2}}{{i}^{2}}-1}\] \[z=\frac{(2-a)+i(2a+1)}{(-{{a}^{2}}-1)}\]                   \[(\because {{i}^{2}}=-1)\] \[z=\frac{(a-2)}{({{a}^{2}}+1)}-i\frac{(2a+1)}{({{a}^{2}}+1)}\] From Eq. (i), \[-\frac{(2a+1)}{({{a}^{2}}+1)}=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[2a+1=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[a=-\frac{1}{2}\]


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