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Which of the triplet can not represent direction cosines of a line ?

A

`((2)/(5), (3)/(5), (4)/(5))`

B

`((1)/(sqrt(3)),(1)/(sqrt(3)),(1)/(sqrt(3)))`

C

`((3)/(sqrt(50)),(3)/(sqrt(50)),(3)/(sqrt(50)))`

D

`((4)/(sqrt(77)),(4)/(sqrt(77)),(4)/(sqrt(77)))`

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