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Find the magnitude and direction cosines of the torque about the point `(3, 1, -2)` of a force ` 3 hat i + 2 hat j + hat k ` whose line of action passes through that ` (1, 2, -1) `

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`sqrt(75)` units, `((-1)/(sqrt(75)), (5)/(sqrt(75)), (-7)/(sqrt(75)))`
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