J & K CET Engineering J and K - CET Engineering Solved Paper-2012

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    Let a line makes an angle of \[{{60}^{o}}\] with each of the x and y-axes. Then, the- angle made by       the line with z-axis is                            

    A)  \[{{30}^{o}}\]             

    B)  \[{{45}^{o}}\]                  

    C)  \[{{60}^{o}}\]             

    D)  None of these         

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Let the line makes an angle \[\theta \] to the z-axis \[\because \] \[{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha +{{\cos }^{2}}\beta +{{\cos }^{2}}y=1\] \[\therefore \] \[{{\cos }^{2}}\,{{60}^{o}}+{{\cos }^{2}}{{60}^{o}}+{{\cos }^{2}}\theta =1\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{4}+{{\cos }^{2}}\theta =1\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{\cos }^{2}}\theta =1-\frac{1}{2}=\frac{1}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\cos \,\,\theta =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\theta ={{45}^{o}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]


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