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If the direction cosines of a line are `1/c,1/c,1/c` rthen (A) `c.0` (B) `0ltclt1` (C) `c=+-sqrt(3)` (D) `cgt2`

A

`cgt0`

B

`c=pmsqrt(3)`

C

`0ltclt1`

D

`cgt2`

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