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What are the direction cosines of Y-axis?

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\[ \text{ The y - axis makes angles 90°, 0° and 90° with x, y and z axes, respectively } . \]

\[\text{ Therefore, the direction cosines of y - axis are cos 90°, cos 0°, cos 90° , i . e  }. 0, 1, 0 .\]

 

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Chapter 27: Direction Cosines and Direction Ratios - Very Short Answers [Page 24]

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RD Sharma Mathematics [English] Class 12
Chapter 27 Direction Cosines and Direction Ratios
Very Short Answers | Q 3 | Page 24

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