7.4U       The Ellipse

In the applet below you can experiment with the locus definition of an ellipse: the locus of points, P,  such that the sum of the distances from two fixed points, called the foci , is constant.

Drag E below and observe the path that F and G follow. After points have been traced, clicking the red X in the bottom right corner will erase the traced points. 

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