JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Three Dimensional Geometry Question Bank System of Co-ordinates, Direction cosines and direction ratios, Projection

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    The direction cosines of the line joining the points (4, 3, ? 5) and (? 2, 1, ? 8) are [MP PET 2001]

    A)            \[\left( \frac{6}{7},\frac{2}{7},\frac{3}{7} \right)\]

    B)            \[\left( \frac{2}{7},\frac{3}{7},\frac{6}{7} \right)\]

    C)            \[\left( \frac{6}{7},\frac{3}{7},\frac{2}{7} \right)\]

    D)            None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

               D.c?s of line PQ is \[l=\frac{{{x}_{2}}-{{x}_{1}}}{|PQ|},\,m=\frac{{{y}_{2}}-{{y}_{1}}}{|PQ|},\,n=\frac{{{z}_{2}}-{{z}_{1}}}{|PQ|}\]            \[\because \]\[{{x}_{2}}-{{x}_{1}}=-6,\,{{y}_{2}}-{{y}_{1}}=-2,\,{{z}_{2}}-{{z}_{1}}=-3\]            and \[|PQ|=\sqrt{36+4+9}=7\]            \ \[l=\frac{6}{7},\,m=\frac{2}{7},\,n=\frac{3}{7}\].


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