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document.write( "Find the slope of the line thru the points, call it m.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of lines perpendicular is -1/m.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is no \"a line\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are an infinite # of lines.<BR>\n" );
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