Locus of Points with Constant Angle

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This Demonstration plots the points for which line segments drawn from two fixed points on the axis have angle
. The locus consists of the arcs of two circles, with centers that move along the
axis as you vary
. For
, the arcs are semicircles and the locus is a circle.
Contributed by: Mark Rosno (December 2012)
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Published: December 3 2012