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If `alpha,beta,gamma` be the angles which a line makes with the coordinates axes, then

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`sin^(2)alpha+cos^(2)beta+sin^(2)gamma=1`

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`cos^(2)alpha+cos^(2)beta+cos^(2)gamma=1`

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`sin^(2)alpha+sin^(2)beta+sin^(2)gamma=1`

D

`cos^(2)alpha+cos^(2)beta+sin^(2)gamma=1`

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