JEE Advanced · 2012 · 08 Apr 2012 · Paper 1 · Complex Numbers

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Let be a complex number such that the imaginary part of is nonzero and is real. Then cannot take the value
  1. (A)
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  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)✓ Correct

Answer: (D)

Solution

For to be real with having nonzero imaginary part, the equation must have non-real roots. The discriminant is . For non-real roots, we need , which gives , so . Therefore, cannot take the value .

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