Direction Cosines and Direction Ratios

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Important Questions on Direction Cosines and Direction Ratios

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The direction cosines of the line passing through P2, 3, -1 and the origin are

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The direction cosines of the line making angles π4, π3 and θ0<θ<π2 respectively with x, y and z axes, are

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The lines whose direction cosines are given by the relations al+bm+cn=0 and mn+nl+lm=0 are

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If l, m, n are the direction cosines of a line which makes angles α, β and γ with the coordinate axes X, Y, Z, respectively, then lm+mn+nl takes the maximum value when