Exploring Conics 1 Parabola

Drag point D along the line. What is the shape traced out?
Point C is called the focus and the line is called the directrix. One definition of a parabola is the set of points that are equidistant from the focus and the directrix.[br][br]Explain why point E satisfies this criteria.

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