 Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-year-1-of-the-natural-sciences-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2022/paper-1/11/c/i/solution

Write

z = x + i y

z^{*} = x - i y

. Then

u = \frac{3}{2} (x + i y) + \frac{1}{2} (x - i y) = 2 x + i y .

Thus the real part is stretched by a factor of two while the imaginary part is unchanged. If

u = X + iY

, substitution into the circle equation gives

\frac{( X + 2 ) ^{2}}{1 6 ^{2}} + \frac{( Y + 1 ) ^{2}}{8 ^{2}} = 1.

This is an ellipse with centre

(- 2, - 1)

, horizontal semiaxis

16

and vertical semiaxis

8

. It is the second panel in the figure in part (b).

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