Which of the following is/are true? In a plane, the locus of points I. Equidistant from a straight line is a circle radius d where d is the distance between...

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Option III is true, while options I and II are not true. Explanation: I. The locus of points equidistant from a straight line is actually a pair of parallel lines, not a circle. To see this, consider any point on one side of the line, and draw the perpendicular from that point to the line. The set of all points equidistant from the line will be the line that passes through all of those perpendiculars. II. The locus of points equidistant from two given points is actually the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the two points, not a circle. To see this, note that any point on the perpendicular bisector is equidistant from the two points by definition. Conversely, any point equidistant from the two points must lie on the perpendicular bisector. III. The locus of points equidistant from two points is indeed the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the two points. To see this, consider any point on the perpendicular bisector. By definition, it is equidistant from the two points. Conversely, any point equidistant from the two points must lie on the perpendicular bisector.