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Question 289572: I've have found no satisfying answer to this problem.
"Write an equation that is the set of all points in the plane equidistant from the point F(0,3) and the line y=-3"
I've tried and tried to get an answer to this question, going step by step the way it was taught, and cannot arrive at a reasonable answer.
Please help! And Please explain how you arrived at your answer as well, I need to understand this!
Thanks
Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Plot the line y=-3 and the point (0,3)
Now find the point between those two.
That would be the origin (0,0) since we have (0,-3) on the line and the point (0,3) given
Both the point and the line are 3 units away from(0,0)
Now move along the line and find all points between the line and point that are x units from the line and x units from the point(0,3)
What kind of figure is that?
You said, "I've tried and tried to get an answer to this question, going step by step the way it was taught, and cannot arrive at a reasonable answer."
So what were you taught?
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