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The direction cosines of the line drawn from P(-5,3,1) and Q(1,5,-2) is......

A

(6,2,-3)

B

(2,-4,1)

C

(-4,8,-1)

D

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

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