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Each of the angles $$\beta$$ and $$\gamma$$ that a given line makes with the positive y- and z-axes, respectively, is half of the angle that this line makes with the positive x-axes. Then the sum of all possible values of the angle $$\beta$$ is
Let the direction angles of the line with the positive $$x$$-, $$y$$- and $$z$$-axes be $$\alpha , \beta , \gamma$$, respectively.
Their direction cosines are
$$l = \cos\alpha,\; m = \cos\beta,\; n = \cos\gamma$$
For every line in space, the direction cosines satisfy the identity
$$l^{2}+m^{2}+n^{2}=1 \;$$ $$-(1)$$
According to the question,
$$\beta = \dfrac{\alpha}{2},\quad \gamma = \dfrac{\alpha}{2}$$ $$-(2)$$
Substituting $$l,m,n$$ and relation $$(2)$$ into $$(1)$$ gives
$$\cos^{2}\alpha + \cos^{2}\!\left(\dfrac{\alpha}{2}\right) + \cos^{2}\!\left(\dfrac{\alpha}{2}\right) = 1$$
$$\Longrightarrow \cos^{2}\alpha + 2\cos^{2}\!\left(\dfrac{\alpha}{2}\right) = 1$$ $$-(3)$$
Use the half-angle identity $$\cos^{2}\!\left(\dfrac{\alpha}{2}\right)=\dfrac{1+\cos\alpha}{2}$$.
Substituting in $$(3)$$:
$$\cos^{2}\alpha + 2\left( \dfrac{1+\cos\alpha}{2} \right) = 1$$
$$\Longrightarrow \cos^{2}\alpha + 1 + \cos\alpha = 1$$
$$\Longrightarrow \cos^{2}\alpha + \cos\alpha = 0$$
Factorising:
$$\cos\alpha\,(\cos\alpha + 1) = 0$$
Therefore
$$\cos\alpha = 0 \quad \text{or} \quad \cos\alpha = -1$$
The direction angles lie in $$0 \le \alpha \le \pi$$.
Case 1:If $$\cos\alpha = 0$$, then $$\alpha = \dfrac{\pi}{2}$$.
Using $$(2)$$, $$\beta = \dfrac{\alpha}{2} = \dfrac{\pi}{4}$$.
If $$\cos\alpha = -1$$, then $$\alpha = \pi$$.
Using $$(2)$$, $$\beta = \dfrac{\alpha}{2} = \dfrac{\pi}{2}$$.
Thus the possible values of $$\beta$$ are $$\dfrac{\pi}{4}$$ and $$\dfrac{\pi}{2}$$.
Required sum
$$\beta_{\text{sum}} = \dfrac{\pi}{4} + \dfrac{\pi}{2} = \dfrac{3\pi}{4}$$
Hence the sum of all possible values of $$\beta$$ is $$\dfrac{3\pi}{4}$$, corresponding to Option A.
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