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12-29-2017 , 05:06 AM
Hey All,

I'd appreciate it if anyone could give me a hand getting started with this problem:

The complex numbers z and w satisfy the equations:

z + (1+i)w = i and (1-i)z + iw = 1

Solve the equations for z and w, giving your answers in the form x + iy, where x and y are real.

There is clearly a simple way to solve for z=(2+i)/(2-i) based on the mark scheme, but I cannot work out the first step to doing so.

Many thanks in advance.
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12-29-2017 , 06:42 AM
This is just a system of linear equations and there are many ways to solve it. Even without knowing basically anything, you could just solve for z in the first equation, leading to

1) z = i - (1+i)w

plug the above into the second equation

2) (1-i)(i - (1+i)w) + iw =1

and solve for w. Then, you plug the w solution into 1) to get z.
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