The length of perpendicular from the point $\left( {a\cos {\rm{\alpha }},\;a\sin {\rm{\alpha }}} \right)$ upon the straight line $y = x\tan {\rm{\alpha }} + c,\;c > 0,$ is

$c\;{\rm{si}}{{\rm{n}}^2}{\rm{\alpha }}$

$c\;{\rm{se}}{{\rm{c}}^2}{\rm{\alpha }}$

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The length of perpendicular from the point

\left( {a\cos \mathrm{\alpha },\;a\sin \mathrm{\alpha }} \right)

upon the straight line

y = x\tan \mathrm{\alpha } + c,\;c > 0,

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Correct option: C

c\cos \mathrm{\alpha }

Option C (

c\cos \mathrm{\alpha }

) is correct because it represents the length of the perpendicular from the given point to the line, calculated using the perpendicular distance formula.

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