NAME _________________________________ GEOMETRY
UNIT 10
Locus
Date Page Topic Homework
4/2 2/3 Basic locus Worksheet #1
4/3 4 Graphing basic locus Worksheet #2
4/4 5 Quiz Worksheet #3
Finding intersection of locus
4/7 6 Graphing intersections of locus Worksheet #4
4/8 Review Ticket-In
4/9 Test (cumulative) No HW
4/10- Designing a Town Project Finish by Friday and
4/11 Turn in before break!
1
Basic Locus
Draw a picture to represent the given scenario:
Scenario #1: You and a friend are standing across from each other. If I want to stand
equidistant from both of you, where could I stand?
Scenario #2: If you are standing in a room and I want all the other students to stand exactly 5
feet from you, where could they stand?
Scenario #3: If both sides of a road have a curb, where can you stand that is equidistant from
both sides?
Scenario #4: If there is a railroad track and I want all kids to stand 10 feet from it to be safe,
where can all the kids stand?
Scenario #5: If two streets intersect, where can a person stand so they are equidistant from
the two streets?
2
Locus Scenarios
#1: #2
#3 #4
#5
3
Graphing basic locus
1) Find the locus of points 6 units 2.) Find the locus of from y=5 and y=- 3
from the point (-3,2), and label the graph. and label the graph.
3.) Find the locus of points equidistant 4.) Find the locus of points equidistant
from the x & y axis, label the graph. from the points (-2,1) and (6 ,-9). Label.
5.) Find the locus of points 3 units from y=x+4
4
Intersection of Locus
Scenario #1 If person A and person B are 20 miles apart. How many points are 16 miles from
person A and 11 miles from person B?
Scenario #2 If two lines AB and CDE are 8 inches apart. Sketch the locus of all points that are
equidistant from lines AB and CDE and 5 inches from point D. Label with an X each point that
satisfy both conditions.
A B
C D E
Scenario #3 Tree A is planted 7 feet from Tree B. On the diagram below, sketch the points that
equidistant from the tree A and tree B and 4 feet from tree A
A
B
Scenario #4 On the diagram below, line FG is 10 units long. Sketch the points that are 5 units
from the given line FG and equidistant from points F and G. Mark the points of intersection with
an X. How many points satisfy both conditions?
F G
5
Graphing intersections
Scenario #1 Scenario #2
In a coordinate plane, how many points Graph and label the points that would
are both 6 units from the origin and 3 units be equidistant from the x&y axis and 4
from the x-axis? units from the y-axis.
LABEL EVERYTHING!!!
Scenario #3 Scenario #4
On the set of coordinate axes below, graph the A school is planning to build a field. The field
locus of points that are equidistant from the must be equidistant from room A at
lines and and graph the locus and room B at . The field also must
of points that are 2 units from the y-axis. State be exactly 6 miles from the center of town,
the coordinates of all points that satisfy both which is located at the origin on the
conditions. coordinate graph. Each unit on the graph
represents 1 mile. On the set of axes below,
sketch the compound loci and label with an X
all possible locations for the new field.
