Locus of points a fixed distance from a given line

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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.

This topic is also covered by this video:

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• Locus of points a fixed distance from a given point
• Locus of points an equal distance between 2 lines
• Locus of points an equal distance between 2 points

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