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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ia Paper 1 1B a Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Translate and scale the circle to . For distinct points on it, the angle at is right exactly whenis purely imaginary. Since and similarly for , direct simplification gives . Thus exactly when , which says that the opposite side joins antipodal points and is a diameter. The converse is the same calculation in reverse.
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