Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
In the Argand plane, the points with lie on a circle. Give every answer to two decimal places where it is not a whole number.
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Square both sides with : , which becomes , or, dividing by , (with and written as and ).
(a), (b), (c) The centre is , that is , and the radius is .
(d) The equation has no constant term, so the circle passes through the origin. The farthest point from the origin is then at the other end of the diameter through it: .
(e) The rightmost point is the centre moved by one radius: .
Check. Two hundred thousand points round this circle all satisfy to within , and the largest and real part among them agree with (d) and (e).
Watch out. When the two sides of have different factors , the locus is a circle, not the perpendicular bisector of and .
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