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Show that the perpendiculars let fall from any point on the straight line `2x+11 y-5=0` upon the two strasightr lines `24 x+7y=20\ a n d\ 4x-3y-2=0\ ` are equal to each other.

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`2x+11y=5`
Let (h,k) be any point on the line
`2h+11k=5`
`2h=5−11k`
⇒`h=25−11k​`
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