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This module provides practice problems to finding all the points equidistant from a point and a line.

On the drawing below is the point (0,3) and the line ( y = –3 ). What I want you to do is to find all the points that are the same distance from (0,3) that they are from the line ( y = –3 ).

One of the points is very obvious. You can get two more of them, exactly, with a bit of thought.

After that you have to start playing around. Feel free to use some sort of measuring device (such as your fingernail, or a pencil eraser). When you think you have the whole shape, call me and let me look.

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Source:  OpenStax, Advanced algebra ii: activities and homework. OpenStax CNX. Sep 15, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10686/1.5
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