Equation of Locus

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Equation of Locus: Overview

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Important Questions on Equation of Locus

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Locus of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from a fixed point (10, 0) on the X-axis to any tangent to the circle x2+y2=16 is

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Let A5,-3, B3,-2, C-1,5 be three points. If P is a point satisfying the condition PA2+2PB2=3PC2, then a point that lies on the locus of P is

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From a point A0,3 on the circle x+22+y-32=4, a chord AB is drawn and it is extended to a point Q such that AQ=2 AB. Then the locus of Q is

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If the perimeter of a triangle is 20 and two of its vertices are -5,0 and 6,0, then the locus of the third vertex is
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Suppose P and Q are the mid points of the sides AB and BC of a triangle where A1,3, B3,7 and C7,15 are vertices. Then the locus of R satisfying AC2+QR2=PR2 is

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A stick of length r units slides with its ends on coordinate axes. Then the locus of the midpoint of the stick is a curve whose length is

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Find the locus of the point which is at 9 units distance from the point 3,5

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Write the equation to represent the locus of the points that is equidistant from the points (3,2) and 4,3.

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Find the locus of the point moving on a plane which is at a fixed distance 5 units from a the X axis.

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Find the locus of a point which is at a fixed distance 4 units from the origin.

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A straight rod of length 4 units slides such that its ends A'' and B'' always lie on the x and y axes, respectively. Then the locus of the centroid of OAB is

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The sum of the squares of the distances of a moving point from 2 fixed points A(a, 0) and B(-a, 0) is equal to a constant 2c2, then the equation of its locus is

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Find the locus of the point x, y given by x=2 cos t+3 and y=2 sin t+5 where t is a parameter.

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Find the locus of the middle point of the portion of the line segment made by the straight line x cosα+y sin α=4  and the axes of co-ordinates.

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A point moves in such a way that its distances from the points A3, π4 and B5, 3π4 are always eqaul.

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A point moves so that the sum of its distances from ae, 0 and -ae, 0 is 2 a. Prove that the equation of its locus is x2a2+y2b2=1, where b2=a21-e2

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If O is the origin and Q is a variable point on y2=x, show that the locus of the mid-point of OQ is 2y2=x

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If O is the origin and Q is a variable point on y2=x, show that the locus of the mid-point of OQ is 2y2=x

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A rod of length P slides between two perpendicular lines. Find the locus of the point on the rod which divides it is the ratio 1:2.

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The co-ordinates of a variable point P are at2, 2at, where t is a parameter. A point Q divides OP internally in the ratio m:n(O is the origin). Find the equation of the locus of Q