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Complex plane milk delivery distances

1925SpecialistComplex NumbersSeries

Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament

During the weekends, Eli delivers milk in the complex plane. On Saturday, he begins at $z$ and delivers milk to houses located at $z^{3}, z^{5}, z^{7}, \ldots, z^{2013}$, in that order; on Sunday, he begins at $1$ and delivers milk to houses located at $z^{2}, z^{4}, z^{6}, \ldots, z^{2012}$, in that order. Eli always walks directly (in a straight line) between two houses. If the distance he must travel from his starting point to the last house is $\sqrt{2012}$ on both days, find the real part of $z^{2}$.
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