A point moves so that the square of its distance from the base of an isosceles triangle is equal to the product of its distances from the other two sides. Analytic Geometry - Page 109by Maria M. Roberts, Julia Trueman Colpitts - 1918 - 245 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Smith - Conic sections - 1883 - 452 pages
...different values of n, all the circles have a common radical axis. 5. Find the locus of a point which moves so that the square of its distance from the base of an isosceles triangle is equal to the rectangle under its distances from the other sides. 6. Prove that the equation of the circle circumscribing... | |
| John Daniel Runkle - Geometry, Analytic - 1888 - 370 pages
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| W. J. Johnston - Geometry, Analytic - 1893 - 448 pages
...through the origin and (р^в^, (ргвг) ls 'S?? + P22 - 2 ft Рг COS (0! - 02)/SÍn (0! - 02) 8. A point moves so that the square of its distance from the base of an isosceles triangle — rectangle under its distances from the sides : show that its locus is a circle. [Take mid point... | |
| Frederick Harold Bailey - Geometry, Analytic - 1897 - 392 pages
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| John Henry Tanner, Joseph Allen - Geometry, Analytic - 1898 - 484 pages
...distances from two fixed points are in constant ratio I: Discuss the locus and draw the figure. 49. A point moves so that the square of its distance from...product of its distances from the other two sides. Show that tiie locus is a circle. 50. Prove that the two circles £2 + y2 + o Q^. + 2 F^ + Ci = 0 and... | |
| John Henry Tanner, Joseph Allen - Geometry, Analytic - 1898 - 458 pages
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| Charles Hamilton Ashton - Geometry, Analytic - 1900 - 290 pages
...point (—4, 1) is always equal to its distance from the origin. Find the equation of its locus. 10. A point moves so that the square of its distance from the origin is always equal to the sum of its distances from the axes. Find the equation of its locus. 16.... | |
| William Meath Baker - Conic sections - 1906 - 363 pages
...values of X, and find the co-ordinates of the point. LOCUS PROBLEMS ON THE STRAIGHT LINE. 42. Example i. A point moves so that the square of its distance from the point (6, - 4) is always greater than the square of its distance from the point (3, 5) by 18 ; find... | |
| Frederick Shenstone Woods, Frederick Harold Bailey - Mathematics - 1907 - 424 pages
...sides of an equilateral triangle is constant. Show that the locus is a circle and find its center. 79. A point moves so that the square of its distance from...product of its distances from the other two sides. Show that the locus is a circle which passes through the vertices of the two base angles. 80. A point... | |
| Henry Burchard Fine, Henry Dallas Thompson - Geometry, Analytic - 1909 - 344 pages
...Example 1. Find the locus of a point P the square of whose distance from the base of a given right-angled isosceles triangle is equal to the product of its distances from the other two sides. Let ABC be th« triangle, right-angled at A, and having the equal sides AB and AC oí length a. Take... | |
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