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A line makes an angle `alpha, beta, gamma, delta` with the four diagonals of a cube, then `sin^(2)alpha+sin^(2)beta+sin^(2)gamma+sin^(2)delta=`

A

2

B

`4/3`

C

`8/3`

D

1

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