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Explain solution RD Sharma Class 12 Chapter 26 Direction Cosines and Direction Ratios Exercise Very Short Answer Question, question 12 Maths.

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Answer:

90^{\circ}

Hint:

\cos \theta=\frac{a_{1} a_{2}+b_{1} b_{2}+c_{1} c_{2}}{\sqrt{a_{1}^{2}+b_{1}^{2}+c_{1}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{a_{2}^{2}+b_{2}^{2}+c_{2}^{2}}}

Given:

Distance ratio are proportional to (1, -2, 1) and(4, 3, 2).

Solution:

Here, a_1, b_1, c_1= 1, -2, 1 
a_2, b_2, c_2= 4, 3, 2

We know that,

\begin{aligned} &\cos \theta=\frac{a_{1} a_{2}+b_{1} b_{2}+c_{1} c_{2}}{\sqrt{a_{1}^{2}+b_{1}^{2}+c_{1}^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{a_{2}^{2}+b_{2}^{2}+c_{2}^{2}}} \\ &\therefore a_{1} a_{2}+b_{1} b_{2}+c_{1} c_{2} \\ &=(1)(4)+(-2)(3)+(1)(2) \\ &=4-6+2 \\ &=0 \\ &\cos \theta=0 \\ &\theta=90^{\circ} \end{aligned}

 

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