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Question
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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Solution
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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