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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 ia Paper 1 1B c Solution by
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For a real line , with , choose and . Direct multiplication gives , so every line has the required form with .
For a circle of centre and radius , expand its modulus equation:Thus the required circle parameters are . Conversely, completing the square in the circle form gives , which describes a genuine circle when . The complex conjugate terms make both equations real-valued.
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