If a slide, a tetherball, and a swing are all 20 feet apart in a park, where could a water fountain be located so that it is 12 feet from the slide and equidistant from the tetherball and swing? 18.) The locus of points equidistant from the tetherball and the swing is a. the line that is the perpendicular bisector of the line between the tetherball and the swing b. two lines that are parallel to the line between the tetherball and the swing and on each side of it c. the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of the triangle formed by the slide, tetherball, and the swing d. the bisectors of the angles of the triangle formed by the slide, tetherball, and swing

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If a slide, a tetherball, and a swing are all 20 feet apart in a park, where could a water fountain be located so that it is 12 feet from the slide and equidistant from the tetherball and swing?

18.) The locus of points equidistant from the tetherball and the swing is

a. the line that is the perpendicular bisector of the line between the tetherball and the swing

b. two lines that are parallel to the line between the tetherball and the swing and on each side of it

c. the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of the triangle formed by the slide, tetherball, and the swing

d. the bisectors of the angles of the triangle formed by the slide, tetherball, and swing

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