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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 12 - 11. three dimension geometry

If a unit vector \(\vec r\) makes angles \(\frac{\pi }{3}\) with \(\hat i\), \(\frac{\pi }{4}\) with \(\hat j\) and \(\theta  \in \left( {0,\pi } \right)\) with  \(\hat k\), then a value of \(\theta\) is

  1. A \(\frac{{5\pi }}{{12}}\)
  2. B \(\frac{{5\pi }}{{6}}\)
  3. C \(\frac{{2\pi }}{{3}}\)
  4. D \(\frac{{\pi }}{{4}}\)
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(C) \(\frac{{2\pi }}{{3}}\)

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\(\cos ^{2} \alpha+\cos ^{2} \beta+\cos ^{2} \gamma=1\) \(\Rightarrow \frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{2}+\cos ^{2} \gamma=1\) \(\Rightarrow \cos ^{2} \gamma=1-\frac{3}{4}=\frac{1}{4}\) \(\Rightarrow \cos \gamma=\pm \frac{1}{2}\)…
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