Loci Exercises

Dumpleton is 2cm from shape Q. Shade the region he 4. Sketch the region which is at most 5cm from A an
uld be in. 
 from B.

Q B
A
etch the region in which you are at most 2cm from shape 5. Find the locus for which the points are equidistan
lines A and B.


A


A B B
aw the locus representing points which are 1cm from the
ges of polygon M (this could include the inside).

6. Draw the locus representing points which are equ
from A and B.


A
B


M 





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 9. Sketch the region where you are at most 2.5cm fr
least 2cm from B, and at most 1.5cm from C.


Belemet is tied by a rope, of length 4cm to a fixed point A B

Shade the region in which Mr Belemet can graze.


A
C

10. Shade the region within rectangle ABCD which is:

a. Closer to AB than to CD, and closer to BC t

etch the region at most 3cm away from A and at most AB.

m away from B.

A B

B D C

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 b. Closer to AB than to CD, and at most 3cm away d. Closer to BC than to AD, more than 3cm aw
from A.
 B, and closer to AB than to BC. 

A B A B

D C D C

c. Closer to AB than to AD, less than 4cm away from A, 11. ☠ For the following questions, calculate the area
and more than 1cm away from CD.
 locus, in terms of the given variables (and where
A B appropriate). Assume that you could be inside or
the shape unless otherwise specified.

e. metres away from the edges of a square o



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f. metres away from the edges of a rectangl

D C and .


 



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g. metres away from the edges of an equilat

triangle of side length .





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h. Inside a square ABCD of side metres, bein

metres from A, and closer to BC than to CD


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 i. Being inside an equilateral triangle of side , and at
least away from each of the vertices.





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j. Being attached to one corner on the outside of

square building (which you can’t go inside), by a
rope of length .





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k. At most metres away from an L-shaped building

with two longer of longer sides and four shorter
sides of metres.



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l. Being attached to one corner on the outside of

square building (which you can’t go inside), by a
rope of length (where ). You may wish to
distinguish between the cases when and/or and
otherwise.

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Dumpleton is 2cm from shape Q. Shade the region he
uld be in. 


Q A

etch the region in which you are at most 2cm from shape
3. Draw the locus representing points which are 1cm
edges of polygon M (this could include the inside)

4. Sketch the region which is at most 5cm from A an

from B.


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 o circles of radius 5cm and 3cm drawn. Overlap
aded.

d the locus for which the points are equidistant from

es A and B.

A
A B

A B B






aw the locus representing points which are equidistant 

m A and B.


7. Mr Belemet is tied by a rope, of length 4cm to a f

A. Shade the region in which Mr Belemet can graz

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 8. Sketch the region at most 3cm away from A and a
2cm away from B.


9. Sketch the region where you are at most 2.5cm fr

least 2cm from B, and at most 1.5cm from C.


A B

12. Shade the region within rectangle ABCD which is:

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 a. Closer to AB than to CD, and closer to BC than to
A B
AB.


A B

D C

D C
d. Closer to BC than to AD, more than 3cm aw
b. Closer to AB than to CD, and at most 3cm away B, and closer to AB than to BC. 

from A.

A B
A B

D C
D C
13. ☠ For the following questions, calculate the area
c. Closer to AB than to AD, less than 4cm away from A, locus, in terms of the given variables (and where
and more than 1cm away from CD.
 appropriate). Assume that you could be inside or
the shape unless otherwise specified.

a. metres away from the edges of a square o

4 exterior rectangles: 

4 quarter circles forming 1 full circle: 

4 interior rectangles: 

Total overlap on interior rectangles: 

Total: 


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 b. metres away from the edges of a rectangle of sides 

and .

Using the same approach as above,

Area: 
 g. At most metres away from an L-shaped bu
with two longer of longer sides and four s
sides of metres.

c. metres away from the edges of an equilateral Five quarter-circles of radius : 

triangle of side length .
 Two rectangles: 

3 exterior rectangles: 
 Three squares: 

3 sixth circles which form a semicircle: 
 Total: 

3 interior rectangles (without overlap): 

6 interior corner right-angled triangles: 

Total: 
 h. Being attached to one corner on the outsid
square building (which you can’t go inside)
rope of length (where ). You may wish to
d. Inside a square ABCD of side metres, being at least distinguish between the cases when and/o
metres from A, and closer to BC than to CD.
 otherwise.

First calculate area of square minus area of Three quarters of a circle with radius : 

quarter circle:
 If , then we have an additional quarter c
Half it:
 area .

Similarly, if , we have an additional quar
with area 

e. Being inside an equilateral triangle of side , and at If we let give the maximum of and , the
least away from each of the vertices.
 total is:

Area of entire triangle: 
 

Area of 3 sixth-circles forming semicircle: 
 , then things start to get very hairy!
Total: 


f. Being attached to one corner on the outside of

square building (which you can’t go inside), by a
rope of length .

of a circle with radius : 

Two quarter circles of radius forming a
semicircle: 

Total: 





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