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Locus

Locus

by Vishal Srinivas -
Number of replies: 1

Find the locus of a point P such that PA.PB=constant where A,B are two fixed points.

In reply to Vishal Srinivas

Re: Locus

by Braj Arora -

PA2PB2=const.

if A is (a, 0), B is (-a, 0) and P is (x, y)

(x-a)2+y2+(x+a)2+y2=const., which is the locus. Just simplify.