Difference Locus

This sketch uses the point tracing feature to find the locus of points that have a common difference in their distance to two specific points. In terms of an equation, we want to find all points P so that distance(P,A)-distance(P,B) = constant. In this sketch A & B are the given points, and the constant is the slider diff.

 

John Golden

 
Materiaaltype
Werkblad
Tags
ellipse  hyperbola  locus 
Doelgroep (leeftijd)
15 – 18
Taal
English (United States)
 
 
GeoGebra versie
4.2
Schermen
1045
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Difference Locus
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