ABCD is a square of side length a. Its side AB slides between x and y axis in first quadrant. The locus of the foot of perpendicular dropped from the point E on the diagonal AC where E is the midpoint of side AD?
1 Answer
Jan 5, 2018
Let the coordinates of foot of the perpendicular (P) be
The coordinates of A are
So length of
In right triangle
So
Hence we get
so locus of foot of the perpendicular will be