How Do You Sketch Re(iz) = 3 in Complex Number Plane?

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Hi guys,
So as title states, how would one sketch Re(iz) = 3? And an explanation would be splendid.

This is what I thought:

let z = a + bi
i(a+bi) = -b + ai

Therefore: Re(iz) = -b = 3

So Real axis = -3?

Or would it be Real axis = 3
Since iz is an arbitrary complex number and the real part of this arbitrary complex number is 3.
 
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JC3187 said:
Hi guys,
So as title states, how would one sketch Re(iz) = 3? And an explanation would be splendid.

This is what I thought:

let z = a + bi
i(a+bi) = -b + ai

Therefore: Re(iz) = -b = 3

So Real axis = -3?
What does this mean? What you have found is that if z = a + bi, the condition that Re(iz) = 3 is that z = a - 3i. What does this look like?
JC3187 said:
Or would it be Real axis = 3
Since iz is an arbitrary complex number and the real part of this arbitrary complex number is 3.
No, the imaginary part has to be -3.
 
Thanks for your reply, though I am still a little confused.

Could you go through the working please?
 
You are drawing a sketch of z, not of iz.

b is the imaginary part of z.

Of course -b is also the real part of iz, but you are not drawing a sketch of iz.
 
JC3187 said:
Thanks for your reply, though I am still a little confused.
What part are you confused about?
JC3187 said:
Could you go through the working please?
That's not how it works here, as listed in the rules (click Rules & Guidelines, under SITE INFO in the menu bar, especially the section titled Homework Help Guidelines).
 
I think i understand, so would this be correct for the following question:

Re(z+2) = -1

-3 in the real axis?
 
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