For example, the locus of a point which moves in such a way that its distance from a fixed point is always equal to its distance from a fixed straight line, is a parabola. Elements of analytic geometry - Página 175de Simon Newcomb - 1884 - 356 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Charles Taylor - 1863 - 262 páginas
...always equal to the ratio SP : PR. Hence a conic might have been defined as the curve traced out by a point which moves in such a way that its distance from the focus bears always the same ratio to its distance from the directrix, measured parallel to any... | |
| Charles Taylor - 1872 - 121 páginas
...respects. CHAPTER I. CHORD-PROPERTIES OF THE PARABOLA. DEF. A parabola is the curve described in a plane by a point which moves in such a way that its distance from a certain fixed point, called the fiocus, is always equal to its perpendicular distance from a certain... | |
| Philip Kelland - 1873 - 248 páginas
...straight lines which do not meet ; find the locus of its centre. CHAPTER VI. THE ELLIPSE. 43. !• IF we define a conic section as "the locus of a point which moves so that its distance from a fixed point bears a constant ratio to its distance from a fixed straight... | |
| Robert William Griffin - 1879 - 206 páginas
...Props, xxix. and xxiv.) CHAPTER II. THE ELLIPSE. DEFINITIONS. AN Ellipse is the curve traced out by a point, which moves in such a way that its distance from a fixed point is to its perpendicular distance from a fixed right line in a constant ratio « : 1 (E being less than... | |
| Charles Taylor - 1880 - 152 páginas
...chapters, as occasion arises.] 1. A CONIC SECTION*, or briefly a Conic, is the curve traced in a plane by a point which moves in such a way that its distance from a given point is in a constant ratio to its distance from a given straight line. The given point is called... | |
| John Henry Robson - 1880 - 116 páginas
...line. Let this cut the line in E. Repeat this process as often as is required. Def.—An ellipse is the locus of a point which moves in such a way that the sum of its distances from two fixed points is constant. This accurate mathematical definition merely... | |
| Hussein Tevfik (Pacha.) - 1882 - 98 páginas
...equation of a sphere. The equation of a Conic Section deduced directly from its definition. 85. We will define a Conic Section as the locus of a point which moves so that its distance from a fixed point bears a constant ratio to its distance from a fixed straight... | |
| Great Britain. Board of Education - 1912 - 1044 páginas
...millimetres. 4. If ABC is a triangle, and D the middle point of BC, show that AB + AC* = 2 (AD* + BD*). Find the locus of a point which moves in such a way that the sum of thesquares of its distances from two given points 4 in. apart is 26 sq. in. 5. Take four... | |
| Great Britain. Board of Education - 1912 - 632 páginas
...millimetres. 4. If ABC is a triangle, and D the middle point of BC, show that AB + AC = 2 (AD' + BD% ' Find the locus of a point which moves in such a way that the sum of the squares of its distances from two given points 4 in. apart is 26 sq. in. 5. Take four... | |
| Henry Bayard Phillips - 1915 - 218 páginas
...point P is taken on this line such that PQ = AQ. Find the locus of P as OQ turns about O. 3. A point P moves in such a way that its distance from a fixed point O multiplied by its distance from a fixed straight line LK is constant. Find the locus of P. 4. A segment... | |
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