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📐 Mathematics  ·  Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations  ·  JEE

Solve: x² + 2x - 8 = 0

Answer: 2 and -4.

  • A 2 and -4
  • B 2 and 4
  • C -2 and 4
  • D -2 and -4

Correct answer: A. 2 and -4

Explanation: Factors: (x+4)(x-2) = 0, so x = -4 or x = 2.

Argand Plane: z = a + ibReImz = a+iba (real part)b (imaginary part)θ = arg(z)|z| = length of the vector OZ = √(a²+b²); θ = angle OZ makes with the positive real axis

A complex number z = a+ib is plotted as a point (or vector from the origin) on the Argand plane, with the real part along the horizontal axis and the imaginary part along the vertical; its modulus |z| is the vector's length, and its argument θ is the angle from the positive real axis.

Concept context

Complex numbers in a+ib form, modulus, argument, polar form, cube roots of unity, and quadratic equations with complex roots

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