NAME: VELASCO, SHEILA MAE CABASAG ID NO.

17606
MAT-MATHEMATICS DATE: December 5,2020
PROFESSOR: ENGR. NESTOR C. ALCON

MATH 601
GEOMETRY FOR TEACHER
TOPIC 6 (Equation of the Locus)
In Exs. 1 – 5. A point P: (x, y) moves according to the given law. Find the equation of its locus, and
draw the curve
1) Equidistant from (2, -1), (3, 2)

(𝑥𝑥 − 2)2 +(𝑦𝑦 + 1)2 = (𝑥𝑥 − 3)2 +(𝑦𝑦 − 2)2

𝑥𝑥 2 − 4𝑥𝑥 + 4 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 2𝑦𝑦 + 1 = 𝑥𝑥 2 − 6𝑥𝑥 + 9 + 𝑦𝑦 2 − 4y + 4
2𝑥𝑥 + 6y − 8 = 0
𝑥𝑥 + 3y − 4 = 0

2) Equidistant from (0, 4), (-3, -5)

(𝑥𝑥 − 0)2 +(𝑦𝑦 − 4)2 = (𝑥𝑥 + 3)2 +(𝑦𝑦 + 5)2

𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 − 8𝑦𝑦 + 16 = 𝑥𝑥 2 + 6𝑥𝑥 + 9 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 10y + 25
6𝑥𝑥 + 18y + 18 = 0
𝑥𝑥 + 3y + 3 = 0

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3) Its distance from (4, 0) is always twice its distance from (1, 0)

(𝑥𝑥 − 4)2 +(𝑦𝑦 − 0)2 = 2 (𝑥𝑥 − 1)2 +(𝑦𝑦 − 0)2

𝑥𝑥 2 − 8𝑥𝑥 + 16 + 𝑦𝑦 2 = 4(𝑥𝑥 2 − 2𝑥𝑥 + 1 + 𝑦𝑦 2 )
𝑥𝑥 2 − 8𝑥𝑥 + 16 + 𝑦𝑦 2 = 4𝑥𝑥 2 − 8𝑥𝑥 + 4 + 4𝑦𝑦 2 )
3𝑥𝑥 2 + 3𝑦𝑦 2 − 12 = 0
𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 − 4 = 0

4) Its distance from (0, - 4) two-thirds of its distance from (0, 9)

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(𝑥𝑥 − 0)2 +(𝑦𝑦 + 4)2 = (𝑥𝑥 − 0)2 +(𝑦𝑦 − 9)2
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𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 8𝑦𝑦 + 16 = (𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 − 18y + 81)
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𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 8𝑦𝑦 + 16 = 𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 − 8y + 36
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5 5
𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 16y − 20 = 0
9 9

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5) At distance 5 from (-3, 0)

(𝑥𝑥 + 3)2 +(𝑦𝑦 − 0)2 = 5

𝑥𝑥 2 + 6𝑥𝑥 + 9 + 𝑦𝑦 2 = 25
𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 6𝑥𝑥 − 16 = 0