The projections of a line on the co-ordi...

The projections of a line on the co-ordinate axes are `4,6,12`.
The direction cosines of the line are

A

(a) `(2)/(7),(3)/(7),(6)/(7)`

B

(b) `2,3,6`

C

(c) `(2)/(11),(3)/(11),(6)/(11)`

D

(d) `(2)/(5),(3)/(5),(6)/(5)`

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A

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