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Find the direction cosines of a line which makes equal angles with the coordinate axes.

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Find the direction cosines of a line which makes equal angles with the coordinate axes.

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Suppose the line makes an angle a with the directrixes, then their direction cosines:

I = cos α, m = cos α, n = cos α

We know that,  l2 + m2 + n2 = 1     

cos2 α + cos2 α + cos2 α = 1  

3cos2 α = 1

cos2 α = `1/3`

cos α = `± 1/sqrt3`  

direction cosines of a line = `< 1/sqrt3, 1/sqrt3, 1/sqrt3 >` and `<-1/sqrt3, -1/sqrt3, -1/sqrt3>`

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अध्याय 11: Three Dimensional Geometry - Exercise 11.1 [पृष्ठ ४६७]

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अध्याय 11 Three Dimensional Geometry
Exercise 11.1 | Q 2 | पृष्ठ ४६७

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