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The locus of the midpoint of a line segment that is drawn from a given external point `P` to a given circle with center `O` (where `O` is the orgin) and radius `r` is a straight line perpendiculat to `P O` a circle with center `P` and radius `r` a circle with center `P` and radius `2r` a circle with center at the midpoint `P O` and radius `r/2dot`

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