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Example 1:
Sketch and state the locus of the girl playing on the swing.
Example 2:
Sketch and state the locus of the feet of the boy riding a bicycle.
Example 3:
Sketch and state the locus of the crab.
Example 4:
TUVW is a square. Construct the locus of a moving point which is always
equidistant from TU and TW.
Example 5:
Example 6:
Sketch and state the locus of an oscillation of a pendulum bob.
Example 7:
Sketch and state the locus of an ant that crawls in such a way that it always
equidistant from two flower pots, A and B
Example 8:
Sketch and state the locus of the tip of a moving helicopters rotor fan.
Example 9:
Sketch and state the locus of the boy playing on the slide.
Solution:
In the rhombus PQRS, QR-13 and TR=5cm. Therefore, QT=12cm
(Pythagoras Theorem)
Both A and C are equidistant from PQ and QR but only A is less than
12cm from Q. So, answer is A.
Unit title
Teacher(s)
MR. SHAHRUL
MATHEMATICS MYP 3
c. Semicircle
b. Straight line
d. Curve
3. The locus of a point moving in such a way that it is always 3cm from a
fixed point O is a
a. Circle
c. Rectangle
b. Straight line
d. Curve
4. The diagram below shows a straight line KL. P is a point which moves
so that it is equidistant from K and L. which of the following is the
locus of P?
5. The diagram below shows a kite PQRS. The locus of a point, within the
kite, which moves so that it is equidistant from the point Q and the
point S is
a. RQ
c. RP
b. QP
d. RS
6. The above diagram shows a disc with centre O. When the disc is
rotated through 360, the locus of the point P is a
a. Straight line PR
b. Rectangle PQRS
c. Semicircle
d. Full circle
7. A point M moves so that it is always 4cm from a fixed point O. Which
of the following is the locus of point M?