Direction Cosines of a Line

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Direction Cosines of a Line

## Formula

For:

$$Ax+By+C=0$$

the direction cosines can be written as:

$$\frac{B}{\sqrt{A^2+B^2}},-\frac{A}{\sqrt{A^2+B^2}}$$

## Usage

- Used when the direction of a line is required in normalized form.

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