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A and B Are Fixed Points While Pis a Moving Point, Moving in a Way that It is Always Equidistant from a and B - Mathematics

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A and B are fixed points while Pis a moving point, moving in a way that it is always equidistant from A and B. What is the locus of the path traced out by the pcint P? 

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The locus of path traced by point P equidistant from A and B is the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the two points. 

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Chapter 16: Loci - Exercise 16.1

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Frank Mathematics - Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 16 Loci
Exercise 16.1 | Q 12

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