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A man observes when he has climbed up `1/3` of the length of an inclined ladder, placed against a wall, the angular depression of an object on the floor is `alphadot` When he climbs the ladder completely, the angleof depression is `beta` . If the inclination of the ladder to the floor is `theta,` then prove that `cottheta=(2cotbeta-cotalpha)/2`

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`sinntheta=(DM)/(1/3l)`
`DM=1/3lsintheta`
`Sintheta=(BC)/l`
`BC=lsintheta`
`cotalpha=(OM)/(DM)`
`OM=1/3lsinthetacotalpha`
`Cot beta=(OC)/(BC)`
`OC=lsinthetacotbeta`
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