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The direction cosines of three lines passing through the origin are \[{{l}_{1}},{{m}_{1}},{{n}_{1}};\,{{l}_{2}},{{m}_{2}},{{n}_{2}}\]and \[{{l}_{3}},{{m}_{3}},{{n}_{3}}\]. The lines will be coplanar, if

A.                                                               \[\left| \,\begin{matrix}    {{l}_{1}} & {{n}_{1}} & {{m}_{1}}  \\    {{l}_{2}} & {{n}_{2}} & {{m}_{2}}  \\    {{l}_{3}} & {{n}_{3}} & {{m}_{3}}  \\ \end{matrix}\, \right|=0\]
B.                                                               \[\left| \,\begin{matrix}    {{l}_{1}} & {{m}_{2}} & {{n}_{3}}  \\    {{l}_{2}} & {{m}_{3}} & {{n}_{1}}  \\    {{l}_{3}} & {{m}_{1}} & {{n}_{2}}  \\ \end{matrix}\, \right|=0\]
C.                                                               \[{{l}_{1}}{{l}_{2}}{{l}_{3}}+{{m}_{1}}{{m}_{2}}{{m}_{3}}+{{n}_{1}}{{n}_{2}}{{n}_{3}}=0\]
D.                                                               None of these
Answer» B.                                                               \[\left| \,\begin{matrix}    {{l}_{1}} & {{m}_{2}} & {{n}_{3}}  \\    {{l}_{2}} & {{m}_{3}} & {{n}_{1}}  \\    {{l}_{3}} & {{m}_{1}} & {{n}_{2}}  \\ \end{matrix}\, \right|=0\]


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