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document.write( "The left side is the distance from the point (x,y) of the locus to the point (2,0).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The right side is  of the distance from the point (x,y) of the locus to the line y=5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next you can simplify this equation and reduce it to the standard equation of a certain conic section.\r\n" );
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document.write( "This conic section is an ellipse.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But since the condition do not require me explicitly to do it, I will stop at this point.\r\n" );
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