Locus equidistant from two points

1 Esther says that the cross is not equidistant from the two stars
because it doesn’t lie on the line that joins the two stars.

a) Explain why Esther is wrong.

b) Show three other points that are equidistant from the two stars.

2 The diagram shows two points, X and Y.

Centred on each point are five circles with radii of 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, 4 cm
and 5 cm.

X Y

a) What is the distance between X and Y? 

b) Mark any points that are 3 cm away from X and 3 cm away from Y.
c) Discuss with a partner how this diagram shows the points that are
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3 Draw the locus of all points equidistant from A and B.
a) b)

A B

4 Shade the region that contains the points that are closer to X than to Y,
and are less than 4.5 cm from Y.

X Y

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5 The diagram shows the position of two lighthouses, A and B.
A boat is in the sea. It is the same distance from lighthouse A as it is from
lighthouse B.
Show where the boat could be.

land

B
A

sea

6 Identify the region on the grid that is less than 4 cm from A and
equidistant from B and C. 1 cm

1 cm

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7 Ron sees a sign showing the distances to two towns, Bridgwater
and Longtown.

Bridgwater 40 miles
Longtown 40 miles

Ron

a) Ron says that he is exactly halfway between the two towns.

Explain why Ron might be wrong.

b) Using a scale of 1 cm : 10 miles, draw the locus of points showing where

the two towns might be, in relation to Ron.

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