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What are the direction cosines of a line which is equally inclined
to the axes?

A

(a) `1,1,1`

B

(b) `1,0,0`

C

(c) `(1)/(3),(1)/(3),(-1)/(3)`

D

(d) `(1)/(sqrt(3)),(1)/(sqrt(3)),(1)/(sqrt(3))`

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D
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