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question_answer1)
Distance of the point \[({{x}_{1}},{{y}_{1}},{{z}_{1}})\] from the line\[\frac{x-{{x}_{2}}}{l}=\frac{y-{{y}_{2}}}{m}=\frac{z-{{z}_{2}}}{n}\], where \[l,\]m and n are the direction cosines of line is
A)
\[\sqrt{{{({{x}_{1}}-{{x}_{2}})}^{2}}+{{({{y}_{1}}-{{y}_{2}})}^{2}}+{{({{z}_{1}}-{{z}_{2}})}^{2}}-{{[l({{x}_{1}}-{{x}_{2}})+m({{y}_{1}}-{{y}_{2}})+n({{z}_{1}}-{{z}_{2}})]}^{2}}}\] done
clear
B)
\[\sqrt{{{({{x}_{2}}-{{x}_{1}})}^{2}}+{{({{y}_{2}}-{{y}_{1}})}^{2}}+{{({{z}_{2}}-{{z}_{1}})}^{2}}}\] done
clear
C)
\[\sqrt{({{x}_{2}}-{{x}_{1}})l+({{y}_{2}}-{{y}_{1}})m+({{z}_{2}}-{{z}_{1}})n}\] done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer2)
If the co-ordinates of the points A, B, C, D be (1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 7), (?4, 3, ?6) and (2, 9, 2) respectively, then the angle between the lines AB and CD is
A)
\[\frac{\pi }{6}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{\pi }{4}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{\pi }{3}\] done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer3)
The angle between the lines \[\frac{x}{1}=\frac{y}{0}=\frac{z}{-1}\] and \[\frac{x}{3}=\frac{y}{4}=\frac{z}{5}\] is [Pb. CET 2002]
A)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{1}{5}\] done
clear
B)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{1}{3}\] done
clear
C)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{1}{2}\] done
clear
D)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{1}{4}\] done
clear
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question_answer4)
If \[\frac{x-1}{l}=\frac{y-2}{m}=\frac{z+1}{n}\]is the equation of the line through (1, 2, ?1) and (?1, 0, 1), then (l, m, n) is [MP PET 1992]
A)
(?1, 0, 1) done
clear
B)
(1, 1, ?1) done
clear
C)
(1, 2, ?1) done
clear
D)
(0, 1, 0) done
clear
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question_answer5)
If the angle between the lines whose direction ratios are 2,?1 , 2 and a, 3, 5 be \[45{}^\circ \], then a =
A)
1 done
clear
B)
2 done
clear
C)
3 done
clear
D)
4 done
clear
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question_answer6)
The point of intersection of lines \[\frac{x-4}{5}=\] \[\frac{y-1}{2}=\frac{z}{1}\] and \[\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z-3}{4}\] is [AISSE 1986; AMU 2005]
A)
(?1, ?1, ?1) done
clear
B)
(?1, ?1, 1) done
clear
C)
(1, ?1, ?1) done
clear
D)
(?1, 1, ?1) done
clear
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question_answer7)
Direction ratios of two lines are a, b, c and \[\frac{1}{bc},\frac{1}{ca},\frac{1}{ab}\]. The lines are
A)
Mutually perpendicular done
clear
B)
Parallel done
clear
C)
Coincident done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer8)
The angle between the lines whose direction cosines are proportional to (1, 2, 1) and (2, ?3, 6) is
A)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2}{7\sqrt{6}} \right)\] done
clear
B)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{7\sqrt{6}} \right)\] done
clear
C)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3}{7\sqrt{6}} \right)\] done
clear
D)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{5}{7\sqrt{6}} \right)\] done
clear
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question_answer9)
Direction ratios of the line represented by the equation \[x=ay+b,\] \[z=cy+d\] are
A)
(a, 1, c) done
clear
B)
(a, b ? d, c) done
clear
C)
(c, 1, a) done
clear
D)
(b, ac, d) done
clear
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question_answer10)
The equation of a line passing through the point (?3, 2, ? 4) and equally inclined to the axes, are
A)
\[x-3=y+2=z-4\] done
clear
B)
\[x+3=y-2=z+4\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{x+3}{1}=\frac{y-2}{2}=\frac{z+4}{3}\] done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer11)
The co-ordinates of the foot of perpendicular drawn from the origin to the line joining the points (?9, 4, 5) and (10, 0, ?1) will be
A)
(? 3, 2, 1) done
clear
B)
(1, 2, 2) done
clear
C)
(4, 5, 3) done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer12)
The symmetric equation of lines \[3x+2y+z-5=0\] and \[x+y-2z-3=0\], is
A)
\[\frac{x-1}{5}=\frac{y-4}{7}=\frac{z-0}{1}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{x+1}{5}=\frac{y+4}{7}=\frac{z-0}{1}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{x+1}{-5}=\frac{y-4}{7}=\frac{z-0}{1}\] done
clear
D)
\[\frac{x-1}{-5}=\frac{y-4}{7}=\frac{z-0}{1}\] done
clear
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question_answer13)
The angle between the lines whose direction cosines satisfy the equations \[l+m+n=0\], \[{{l}^{2}}+{{m}^{2}}-{{n}^{2}}=0\] is given by [MP PET 1993; RPET 2001]
A)
\[\frac{2\pi }{3}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{\pi }{6}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{5\pi }{6}\] done
clear
D)
\[\frac{\pi }{3}\] done
clear
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question_answer14)
The equation of straight line passing through the points (a, b, c) and (a ? b, b? c, c ? a), is [MP PET 1994]
A)
\[\frac{x-a}{a-b}=\frac{y-b}{b-c}=\frac{z-c}{c-a}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{x-a}{b}=\frac{y-b}{c}=\frac{z-c}{a}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{x-a}{a}=\frac{y-b}{b}=\frac{z-c}{c}\] done
clear
D)
\[\frac{x-a}{2a-b}=\frac{y-b}{2b-c}=\frac{z-c}{2c-a}\] done
clear
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question_answer15)
The equation of straight line passing through the point (a, b, c) and parallel to z- axis, is [MP PET 1995; Pb. CET 2000]
A)
\[\frac{x-a}{1}=\frac{y-b}{1}=\frac{z-c}{0}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{x-a}{0}=\frac{y-b}{1}=\frac{z-c}{1}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{x-a}{1}=\frac{y-b}{0}=\frac{z-c}{0}\] done
clear
D)
\[\frac{x-a}{0}=\frac{y-b}{0}=\frac{z-c}{1}\] done
clear
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question_answer16)
The length of the perpendicular drawn from the point (5, 4, ?1) on the line \[\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y}{9}=\frac{z}{5}\] is
A)
\[\sqrt{\frac{110}{2109}}\] done
clear
B)
\[\sqrt{\frac{2109}{110}}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{2109}{110}\] done
clear
D)
54 done
clear
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question_answer17)
The length of the perpendicular from point (1, 2, 3) to the line \[\frac{x-6}{3}=\frac{y-7}{2}=\frac{z-7}{-2}\]is [MP PET 1997]
A)
5 done
clear
B)
6 done
clear
C)
7 done
clear
D)
8 done
clear
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question_answer18)
The angle between the lines whose direction cosines are connected by the relations \[l+m+n=0\] and \[2lm+2nl-mn=0\], is
A)
\[\frac{\pi }{3}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{2\pi }{3}\] done
clear
C)
\[\pi \] done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer19)
The perpendicular distance of the point (2, 4, ?1) from the line \[\frac{x+5}{1}=\frac{y+3}{4}=\frac{z-6}{-9}\] is [Kurukshetra CEE 1996]
A)
3 done
clear
B)
5 done
clear
C)
7 done
clear
D)
9 done
clear
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question_answer20)
The angle between two lines \[\frac{x+1}{2}=\]\[\frac{y+3}{2}=\frac{z-4}{-1}\] and \[\frac{x-4}{1}=\frac{y+4}{2}=\frac{z+1}{2}\] is [MP PET 1996]
A)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{9} \right)\] done
clear
B)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2}{9} \right)\] done
clear
C)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3}{9} \right)\] done
clear
D)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4}{9} \right)\] done
clear
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question_answer21)
The straight lines \[\frac{x-1}{1}=\frac{y-2}{2}=\frac{z-3}{3}\] and \[\frac{x-1}{2}=\frac{y-2}{2}=\frac{z-3}{-2}\] are
A)
Parallel lines done
clear
B)
Intersecting at \[60{}^\circ \] done
clear
C)
Skew lines done
clear
D)
Intersecting at right angle done
clear
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question_answer22)
The equation of the line passing through the points ( 3, 2, 4) and (4, 5, 2) is
A)
\[\frac{x+3}{1}=\frac{y+2}{3}=\frac{z+4}{-2}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{x-3}{1}=\frac{y-2}{3}=\frac{z-4}{-2}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{x+3}{7}=\frac{y+2}{7}=\frac{z+4}{6}\] done
clear
D)
\[\frac{x-3}{7}=\frac{y-2}{7}=\frac{z-4}{6}\] done
clear
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question_answer23)
The angle between the lines \[\frac{x+4}{1}=\frac{y-3}{2}=\frac{z+2}{3}\] and \[\frac{x}{3}=\frac{y-1}{-2}=\frac{z}{1}\] is
A)
\[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{7} \right)\] done
clear
B)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2}{7} \right)\] done
clear
C)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{7} \right)\] done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer24)
The angle between the pair of lines with direction ratios (1, 1, 2) and \[(\sqrt{3}-1,-\sqrt{3}-1,4)\] is [MP PET 1997, 2000]
A)
\[30{}^\circ \] done
clear
B)
\[45{}^\circ \] done
clear
C)
\[60{}^\circ \] done
clear
D)
\[90{}^\circ \] done
clear
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question_answer25)
The acute angle between the line joining the points (2,1,?3), (?3,1,7) and a line parallel to \[\frac{x-1}{3}=\] \[\frac{y}{4}=\frac{z+3}{5}\] through the point (?1, 0, 4) is [MP PET 1998]
A)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{7}{5\sqrt{10}} \right)\] done
clear
B)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{10}} \right)\] done
clear
C)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3}{5\sqrt{10}} \right)\] done
clear
D)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{5\sqrt{10}} \right)\] done
clear
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question_answer26)
The angle between the straight lines \[\frac{x+1}{2}=\frac{y-2}{5}=\frac{z+3}{4}\] and \[\frac{x-1}{1}=\frac{y+2}{2}=\frac{z-3}{-3}\] is [MP PET 2000]
A)
\[45{}^\circ \] done
clear
B)
\[30{}^\circ \] done
clear
C)
\[60{}^\circ \] done
clear
D)
\[90{}^\circ \] done
clear
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question_answer27)
If direction ratios of two lines are \[5,\,\,-12,\,13\] and \[-3,\,4,\,5\] then the angle between them is [RPET 2001]
A)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}(1/65)\] done
clear
B)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}(2/65)\] done
clear
C)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}(3/65)\] done
clear
D)
\[\pi /2\] done
clear
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question_answer28)
The shortest distance between the lines \[\frac{x-3}{3}=\frac{y-8}{-1}=\frac{z-3}{1}\] and \[\frac{x+3}{-3}=\frac{y+7}{2}=\frac{z-6}{4}\] is [RPET 2001; MP PET 2002]
A)
\[\sqrt{30}\] done
clear
B)
\[2\sqrt{30}\] done
clear
C)
\[5\sqrt{30}\] done
clear
D)
\[3\sqrt{30}\] done
clear
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question_answer29)
If the direction ratios of two lines are given by \[3lm-4\,ln+mn=0\] and \[l+2m+3n=0\], then the angle between the lines is [EAMCET 2003]
A)
\[\pi /2\] done
clear
B)
\[\pi /3\] done
clear
C)
\[\pi /4\] done
clear
D)
\[\pi /6\] done
clear
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question_answer30)
Equation of x-axis is [MP PET 2002]
A)
\[\frac{x}{1}=\frac{y}{1}=\frac{z}{1}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{x}{0}=\frac{y}{1}=\frac{z}{1}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{x}{1}=\frac{y}{0}=\frac{z}{0}\] done
clear
D)
\[\frac{x}{0}=\frac{y}{0}=\frac{z}{1}\] done
clear
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question_answer31)
The straight line \[\frac{x-3}{3}=\frac{y-2}{1}=\frac{z-1}{0}\]is [RPET 2002]
A)
Parallel to x-axis done
clear
B)
Parallel to y-axis done
clear
C)
Parallel to z-axis done
clear
D)
Perpendicular to z-axis done
clear
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question_answer32)
The angle between a line with direction ratios 2 : 2 : 1 and a line joining (3, 1, 4) to (7, 2, 12) is [DCE 2002]
A)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}(2/3)\] done
clear
B)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}(-2/3)\] done
clear
C)
\[{{\tan }^{-1}}(2/3)\] done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer33)
The line \[\frac{x-2}{1}=\frac{y-3}{1}=\frac{z-4}{-k}\] and \[\frac{x-1}{k}=\] \[\frac{y-4}{2}=\frac{z-5}{1}\] are coplanar, if [AIEEE 2003]
A)
\[k=0\]or ?1 done
clear
B)
\[k=0\]or 1 done
clear
C)
\[k=0\]or ?3 done
clear
D)
\[k=3\]or ?3 done
clear
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question_answer34)
If direction cosines of two lines are proportional to (2, 3, ?6) and (3, ?4, 5), then the acute angle between them is [MP PET 2003]
A)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{49}{36} \right)\] done
clear
B)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{18\sqrt{2}}{35} \right)\] done
clear
C)
\[96{}^\circ \] done
clear
D)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{18}{35} \right)\] done
clear
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question_answer35)
The equation to the straight line passing through the points (4, ?5, ?2) and (?1, 5, 3) is [MP PET 2003]
A)
\[\frac{x-4}{1}=\frac{y+5}{-2}=\frac{z+2}{-1}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{x+1}{1}=\frac{y-5}{2}=\frac{z-3}{-1}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{x}{-1}=\frac{y}{5}=\frac{z}{3}\] done
clear
D)
\[\frac{x}{4}=\frac{y}{-5}=\frac{z}{-2}\] done
clear
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question_answer36)
If \[A,B,C,D\]are the points (2, 3, ?1),(3, 5, ?3), (1, 2, 3), (3, 5, 7) respectively, then the angle between AB and CD is [Orissa JEE 2003]
A)
\[\frac{\pi }{2}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{\pi }{3}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{\pi }{4}\] done
clear
D)
\[\frac{\pi }{6}\] done
clear
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question_answer37)
The point of intersection of the lines \[\frac{x-5}{3}=\frac{y-7}{-1}=\frac{z+2}{1},\] \[\frac{x+3}{-36}=\frac{y-3}{2}=\frac{z-6}{4}\] is [MP PET 2004]
A)
\[21,\,\frac{5}{3},\frac{10}{3}\] done
clear
B)
\[(\,2,\,10,\,4)\] done
clear
C)
\[(-3,\,3,\,6)\] done
clear
D)
\[(5,\,7,\,-2)\] done
clear
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question_answer38)
A line makes the same angle\[\theta \], with each of the x and z?axis. If the angle \[\beta \], which it makes with y-axis is such that \[{{\sin }^{2}}\beta =3{{\sin }^{2}}\theta ,\]then \[{{\cos }^{2}}\theta \]equals [AIEEE 2004]
A)
\[\frac{3}{5}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{2}{3}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{1}{5}\] done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer39)
The angle between the lines \[2x=3y=-z\] and \[6x=-y=-4z\], is [MP PET 1994, 99; AIEEE 2005]
A)
\[0{}^\circ \] done
clear
B)
\[30{}^\circ \] done
clear
C)
\[45{}^\circ \] done
clear
D)
\[90{}^\circ \] done
clear
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question_answer40)
If the lines \[\frac{x-1}{-3}=\frac{y-2}{2k}=\frac{z-3}{2}\], \[\frac{x-1}{3k}=\frac{y-5}{1}=\frac{z-6}{-5}\] are at right angles, then k = [MP PET 1997, 2001]
A)
?10 done
clear
B)
\[\frac{10}{7}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{-10}{7}\] done
clear
D)
\[\frac{-7}{10}\] done
clear
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question_answer41)
The direction cosines of three lines passing through the origin are \[{{l}_{1}},{{m}_{1}},{{n}_{1}};\,{{l}_{2}},{{m}_{2}},{{n}_{2}}\]and \[{{l}_{3}},{{m}_{3}},{{n}_{3}}\]. The lines will be coplanar, if
A)
\[\left| \,\begin{matrix} {{l}_{1}} & {{n}_{1}} & {{m}_{1}} \\ {{l}_{2}} & {{n}_{2}} & {{m}_{2}} \\ {{l}_{3}} & {{n}_{3}} & {{m}_{3}} \\ \end{matrix}\, \right|=0\] done
clear
B)
\[\left| \,\begin{matrix} {{l}_{1}} & {{m}_{2}} & {{n}_{3}} \\ {{l}_{2}} & {{m}_{3}} & {{n}_{1}} \\ {{l}_{3}} & {{m}_{1}} & {{n}_{2}} \\ \end{matrix}\, \right|=0\] done
clear
C)
\[{{l}_{1}}{{l}_{2}}{{l}_{3}}+{{m}_{1}}{{m}_{2}}{{m}_{3}}+{{n}_{1}}{{n}_{2}}{{n}_{3}}=0\] done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer42)
The distance of the point (2, 3, 4) from the line \[1-x=\frac{y}{2}=\frac{1}{3}(1+z)\] is [J & K 2005]
A)
\[\frac{1}{7}\sqrt{35}\] done
clear
B)
\[\frac{4}{7}\sqrt{35}\] done
clear
C)
\[\frac{2}{7}\sqrt{35}\] done
clear
D)
\[\frac{3}{7}\sqrt{35}\] done
clear
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question_answer43)
The angle between the straight lines \[\frac{x-2}{2}=\frac{y-1}{5}=\frac{z+3}{-3}\]and \[\frac{x+1}{-1}=\frac{y-4}{8}=\frac{z-5}{4}\]is [DCE 2005]
A)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{13}{9\sqrt{38}} \right)\] done
clear
B)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{26}{9\sqrt{38}} \right)\] done
clear
C)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4}{\sqrt{38}} \right)\] done
clear
D)
\[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{19}} \right)\] done
clear
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