SOLUTION: please help find an equation of the locus of points the sum of whose distances from the points (2,3) and (4,1) is 6

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Question 852700: please help
find an equation of the locus of points the sum of whose distances from the points (2,3) and (4,1) is 6
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Excuse my very cheap response.
Using the distance formula, you would get an equation for an ellipse after simplification. You may best want general form, not standard for of an ellipse. The two given points are the foci.