Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / Paper 2 / 1 / Solution

The complex modulus is a nonnegative real number. Equality therefore requires $z-1$ itself to be real and nonnegative. Its imaginary part gives $y=0$, and its real part then gives $x-1\ge 0$. Conversely every such point satisfies the equality. Hence the complete solution set isGeometrically this is the closed ray on the real axis starting at $z=1$.