Find the point on a line that is closest to a given point not on the line.

Question: finding the point on a line which is closest to given point
Find the point on the line 3x+2y-6=0 which is closest to the point (2,-1)so far i have both y=2/3x-7/3 and y=-3/2x+3 but don't know how to proceed please help

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