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If `(h, r)` is the foot of the perpendicular from `(x_1, y_1)` to `lx+my+n=0`, prove that : `(x_1-h)/l, = (y_1 - r)/m, = (lx_1 + my_1 +n)/(l^2 + m^2)`

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