SOLUTION: The x and y intercepts of a straight line L is equidistant from the x and y axes. Find the equation of a straight line that is perpendicular to L and passes through the point P. Gi

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Question 1195339: The x and y intercepts of a straight line L is equidistant from the x and y axes. Find the equation of a straight line that is perpendicular to L and passes through the point P. Give your answer in the form ax+by+c=0 where a, b and c are integers.
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The x and y intercepts of a straight line L is equidistant from the x and y axes. Find the equation of a straight line
that is perpendicular to L and passes through the point P. Give your answer in the form ax+by+c=0 where a, b and c are integers.
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In this post, you missed to define the point  P  by its coordinates  (or by any other way).