Engineering
Mathematics
Conjugate Modulus and Argument of a Complex Number
Question

If  z1  and   z2z1  is real, then the point represented by the complex number z lies :

either on the real axis or on a circle not passing through the origin.

on the imaginary axis.

either on the real axis or on a circle passing through the origin.

on a circle with centre at the origin.

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Solution

z2z1  is  real

Let z = x + iy

 z2z1=x2y2+2ixy(x1)+iy=(x2y2+2ixy)(x1iy)(x1)2+y2

Now, imaginary part of  z2z1 equal to zero.

– y (x2 – y2) + (x – 1) 2xy = 0

 y (x2 + y2 – 2x) = 0

 y = 0 or x2 + y2 – 2x = 0.