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Show that, if the axes are rectangular, the equations of the line through `(x_1, y_1, z_1)` at right angles to the lines: `x/l_1=y/m_1=z/n_1,x/l_2=y/m_2=z/n_2` are `frac{x-x_1}{m_1n_2-m_2n_1}=frac{y-y_1}{n_1l_2-n_2l_1}=frac{z-z_1}{l_1m_2-l_2m_1}`

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