Stage: 5 Challenge Level: 
$c-d$ is a factor of $c^3 - d^3$.
Argand diagram. Surds. Complex numbers. Index notation/Indices. Powers & roots. Quadratic equations. Modulus arithmetic. Complex roots of equations in conjugate pairs. Long problems. Pythagoras' theorem.
Published February 1998.
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