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Direction Cosines and Direction Ratios — Maths STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMathsDirection Cosines and Direction Ratios2 Marks
Question
What are the direction cosines of Y-axis?
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Answer

The y-axis makes angles 90°, 0° and 90° with x, y and z axes, respectively.
Therefore, the direction cosines of x-axis are cos 90°, cos 0°, cos 90°, i.e. 0, 1, 0.

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