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Question: If \(\left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } , \frac { 1 } { 3 } , n \right)\) are the direction cosines of a lin...

If (12,13,n)\left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } , \frac { 1 } { 3 } , n \right) are the direction cosines of a line, then the value of n is

A

236\frac { \sqrt { 23 } } { 6 }

B

236\frac { 23 } { 6 }

C

23\frac { 2 } { 3 }

D

32\frac { 3 } { 2 }

Answer

236\frac { \sqrt { 23 } } { 6 }

Explanation

Solution

If (12,13,n)\left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } , \frac { 1 } { 3 } , n \right) are the d.c’s of line then,

(12)2+(13)2+n2=1\left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right) ^ { 2 } + \left( \frac { 1 } { 3 } \right) ^ { 2 } + n ^ { 2 } = 1n2=2336n ^ { 2 } = \frac { 23 } { 36 }n=236n = \frac { \sqrt { 23 } } { 6 } .