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Find the equation of a line that is perpendicular to another line in 3 space

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There are an infinite number of them.


The plane containing lines perpendicular to one with direction vector (a, b, c) is

... ax +by +cz +d = 0 . . . . . for some constant d


Additional constraints are needed if you want to specify a particular line.

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