Locus of points a fixed distance from a given line

Martin McBride, 2020-08-22
Tags locus
Categories gcse geometry

The red line below shows the locus of all points that are a fixed distance from the blue line:

The shape formed is sometimes called an oval link.

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GCSE geometry

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2. Geometry rules
3. Parallel lines
4. Polygons
5. - Regular polygons
6. - Triangles
7. - Quadrilaterals
8. - More quadrilaterals
9. - Interior/exterior angles
10. Circle geometry
11. - Tangent and radius
12. - Two radii
13. - Chord bisector
14. - Angle at centre
15. - Angle in semicircle
16. Transformations
17. Loci
18. - Fixed distance from a point
19. - Fixed distance from a line
20. - Equal distance between 2 lines
21. - Equal distance between 2 points

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