Q19 of 59 Page 178

If the sum of the distances of a moving point in a plane from the axes is 1, then find the locus of the point.

Let the coordinates of a moving point P be (a, b)

Given that the sum of the distance from the axes to the point is always 1



|x| + |y| = 1


±x ± y = 1


– x – y = 1, x + y = 1, -x + y = 1 and x – y = 1


Hence, these equations gives us the locus of the point P which is a square.


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