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Question
Write the locus of a point the sum of whose distances from the coordinates axes is unity.
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Solution
Let (h, k) be the locus.
It is given that the sum of distances of (h, k) from the coordinate axis is unity.
\[\therefore\] |h| + |k| = 1
Taking locus of (h, k), we get:
|x| + |y| = 1
This represents a square.
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