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A person standing at the junction (crossing) of two straight paths represented by the equations `2x -3y + 4 = 0` and `3x + 4y -5 = 0` wants to reach the path whose equation is `6x -7y + 8 = 0` in the least time. Find equation of the path that he should follow.

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