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STATEMENT-1 : The direction ratios of a line joining the points (0, 0, 0) and (x, y, z) must be x, y, z.
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STATEMENT-2 : If P(x, y, z) is a point is space and `OP=r` then direction cosines of OP are `x/r, y/r, z/r`,.

A

`r/x,r,y,r,z`

B

`rx,ry,rz`

C

`x/r,y/r,z/r`

D

`r cos alpha,r cos beta,r cos gamma `

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