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Can the numbers `1/2,-1/sqrt2, -1/2` be the direction cosines of a straight line? Give reason.

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UNITED BOOK HOUSE-SET 16-EXERCISE
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  2. If the vectors 3 hati - 2hatj + mhatk and -2 hati + hatj + 4 hatk are ...

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  5. If the probability of success in a single trials is 0.05, how many Ber...

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  7. If A,B,C be the angles of a triangle, then prove that ,abs((-1,cosC,co...

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  8. Solve:|[a+x,a-x,a-x],[a-x,a+x,a-x],[a-x,a-x,a+x]|=0

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  9. If A = |[1,2,-3],[2,3,2],[3,-3,-4]|, find A^(-1)

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  11. If y = a cos(logx) + b sin(log x), show that,x^2(d^2y)/(dx^2)+x(dy)/(d...

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  12. Integrate:int(2x^2 - 3x+9)/(x^2+4x-5)dx

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  13. Evaluate: int[(x-l)(x-m)]/[(x-a)(x-b)]dx

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  14. Solve:(1+x^2)(dy)/(dx) + 2xy = sqrt (x^2+4)

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  15. Solve: log(dy)/(dx) = 4x - 2y-2: given y = 1, when x = 1.

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