The direction cosines of the line joining the points $(4, 3, -5)$ and $(-2, 1, -8)$ are

  • A
    $\left( \frac{6}{7}, \frac{2}{7}, \frac{3}{7} \right)$
  • B
    $\left( \frac{2}{7}, \frac{3}{7}, \frac{6}{7} \right)$
  • C
    $\left( \frac{6}{7}, \frac{3}{7}, \frac{2}{7} \right)$
  • D
    None of these

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