Find a direction angle using cos^2 a + cos^2 b + cos^2 g = 1
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Question 1
May 2022 S1
114A line makes the same angle with each of the x and y axes. If the angle , which it makes with the z-axis, is such that , then the angle isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
15 May 2023 S2
126A line makes angle with positive X-axis and makes equal angles with positive Y-axis and Z-axis respectively, then the sum of the three angles which the line makes with positive X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
19 Apr 2025 S1
137If the directed line makes an angle and with the X and Y -axes respectively, then the obtuse angle made by the line with the Z -axis isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
13 May 2026 S1
94A line makes the same angle with each of the and axes. If the angle which it makes with the -axis is such that , then the value of is ...Tap an option to check your answer.