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Direction Cosines and Direction Ratios of a Line
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Assertion (A): A line can have direction cosines $\langle 1, 1, 1 \rangle$.
Reason (R): $\cos\theta = 1$ is possible for $\theta = 0$.
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Direction cosines $l, m, n$ represent components of a unit vector, so their vector length $\sqrt{l^2+m^2+n^2}$ must always be exactly 1.
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Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and the Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
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