If the direction cosines of a line are $\frac{1}{c}, \frac{1}{c}, \frac{1}{c}$ then

If the direction cosines of a line are $\frac{1}{c}, \frac{1}{c}, \frac{1}{c}$ then
  1. $2 < \mathrm{c} < 3$
  2. $\mathrm{c}=\pm 3$
  3. $\mathrm{c}=\pm \sqrt{3}$
  4. $\mathrm{c}=\pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$

Solution

Given $\ell=m=n=\frac{1}{c}$ We know that $\ell^{2}+\mathrm{m}^{2}+\mathrm{n}^{2}=1 \Rightarrow \frac{3}{\mathrm{c}^{2}}=1 \Rightarrow \mathrm{c}^{2}=3 \Rightarrow \mathrm{c}=\pm \sqrt{3}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (15 Oct Shift 1)

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