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The angle between the two diagonals of a cube is
(a) 30°

(b) 45°

(c) cos-113

(d) cos-113

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(d) cos-113



Let a be the length of an edge of the cube and let one corner be at the origin as shown in the figure. Clearly, OP, AR, BS, and CQ are the diagonals of the cube.Consider the diagonals OP and AR.Direction ratios of OP and AR are proportional to a-0, a-0, a-0 and 0-a, a-0, a-0, i.e. a, a, a and -a, a, a, respectively.Let θ be the angle between OP and AR. Then,cos θ =a×-a+a×a+a×aa2+a2+a2-a2+a2+a2cos θ =-a2+a2+a23a23a2 cos θ =13 θ = cos-1 13 Similarly, the angles between other pairs of the diagonals are equal to cos-1 13 as the angle between any two diagonals of a cube is cos-1 13.

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