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Question: What is the locus of the points in space that are equidistant from a given line segment?


A ) A double cone
B ) A sphere
C ) A cylinder with cones at their ends
D ) A cylinder with hemispheres at the ends

Steps to derive

1 The required locus in space is a truncated cylinder capped on each end by hemispheres.




Hence the right answer is Option D

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