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- .geometry "version 0.1";
- v3 = .free(-0.928865, -0.794802, .invisible, "L1");
- v5 = .free(0.931601, -0.794802, .invisible, "L2");
- l1 = .l.vv(v3, v5);
- v6 = .vonl(l1, 0.242134, -0.794802, .red, .plus, "L");
- v7 = .free(-0.06156, -0.570451, .green, "C");
- l2 = .l.vlperp(v6, l1, .invisible);
- l3 = .l.vv(v7, v6, .invisible);
- v8 = .v.vvmid(v7, v6, .invisible);
- l4 = .l.vlperp(v8, l3, .invisible);
- v9 = .v.ll(l4, l2, .smear);
- c2 = .c.vv(v9, v6, .invisible);
- .text("Construction of a Parabola:");
- .text("");
- .text("A parabola is defined to be the set of points equidistant from");
- .text("a point (the focus) and a line. In the figure, C is the focus, and");
- .text("the point L can be moved along the line to smear out a parabola.");
- .text("Move the point C to construct parabolas with different");
- .text("eccentricities.");
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