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Find the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point `(5,4,2)` to the line `(x+1)/(2)=(y-3)/(3)=(z-1)/(-1).` Also, find the eqution of the perpendicular.

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`(x-5)/(-4)=(y-4)/(2)=(z-2)/(-2)`
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