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Questions
Describe the locus of the centres of all circles passing through two fixed points.
Draw and describe the locus in the following case:
The locus of centres of all circles passing through two fixed points.
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Solution
The locus of the centre of all the circles which pass through two fixed points will be the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the two fixed points which are given.
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