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Fill in the blanks so as to make the following statements true:Given a line and a point, not on the line, there is one and only _____ line which passes through the given point and is _____ to the given line.
To do:
We have to fill in the blank so as to make the given statement true.
Solution:
Given a line and a point, not on the line, there is one and only perpendicular line which passes through the given point and is perpendicular to the given line.
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