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.

 

R. Shawver

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
ellipse  hyperbola  locus 
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
English (United States)
 
 
GeoGebra version
4.2
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