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Writhe the direction cosines of the vectors `-2 hat i+ hat j-5 hat kdot`

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Let `veca= -2 hat i+ hat j-5 hat k`
Unit vector in the direction of given vector `veca` is,
`=veca/|veca|`
`= { -2 hat i+ hat j-5 hat k}/sqrt{(-2)^2+1^2+(-5)^2}`
`={ -2 hat i+ hat j-5 hat k}/sqrt{30}`
`= -2/sqrt(30) hat i+1/sqrt30 hat j-5/sqrt30 hat k`
Its direction cosines are `-2/sqrt30,1/sqrt30,-5/sqrt30`
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