CET Karnataka Engineering CET - Karnataka Engineering Solved Paper-2000

  • question_answer
    The direction cosines of the vector\[3\vec{i}-4\vec{j}+5\vec{k}\]are:

    A)  \[\frac{3}{5},\frac{-4}{5},\frac{1}{5}\]                   

    B)  \[\frac{3}{5\sqrt{2}},\frac{-4}{5\sqrt{2}},\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\]

    C)  \[\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{-4}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\]           

    D)  none of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     Vector \[\vec{A}=3\vec{i}-4\vec{j}+5\vec{k},\]the direction Cosines of \[\vec{A}=\frac{3}{\sqrt{{{3}^{2}}+{{4}^{2}}+{{5}^{2}}}},\]\[\frac{-4}{\sqrt{{{3}^{2}}+{{4}^{2}}+{{5}^{2}}}},\] \[\frac{5}{\sqrt{{{3}^{2}}+{{4}^{2}}+{{5}^{2}}}}\] \[=\frac{3}{5\sqrt{2}},\frac{-4}{5\sqrt{2}},\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\]


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