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if the angles made by a straight line with the coordinate axes are `alpha, pi/2-alpha, beta " then " beta=`

A

0

B

`pi/6`

C

`pi/2`

D

`pi`

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DIPTI PUBLICATION ( AP EAMET)-DIRECTION COSINES AND DIRECTION RATIOS-EXERCISE 1
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