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During the weekends, Eli delivers milk in the complex plane. On Saturday, he begins at zz and delivers milk to houses located at z3,z5,z7,…,z2013z^{3}, z^{5}, z^{7}, \ldots, z^{2013}, in that order; on Sunday, he begins at 1 and delivers milk to houses located at z2,z4,z6,…,z2012z^{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 2012\sqrt{2012} on both days, find the real part of z2z^{2}.
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During the weekends, Eli delivers milk in the complex plane. On Saturday, he begins at z and delivers milk to houses located at z³,z⁵,z⁷,…,z²⁰¹³, in that order; on Sunday, he begins at 1 and delivers milk to houses located at z²,z⁴,z⁶,…,z²⁰¹², 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 √(2012) on both days, find the real part of z².
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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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