SOLUTION: Hai sir, Please help me on this problem "If a line has the direction ratios –17, 11, – 4, then what are its direction cosines? a. a)0.7, 0.4, 0.05 b. b)0.6, 0.3, 0.1 c. c)0.

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Question 397767: Hai sir, Please help me on this problem
"If a line has the direction ratios –17, 11, – 4, then what are its direction cosines?
a. a)0.7, 0.4, 0.05
b. b)0.6, 0.3, 0.1
c. c)0.9, 0.6, 02
d. d)None of these"

Answer by robertb(5830)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The position vector <-17, 11, -4> or -17i + 11j - 4k has length . The direction cosines are then
, , .
Incidentally, the answer is d, none of the choices.

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