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A ladder rests against a wall making an angle `alpha` with the horizontal. The foot of the ladder is pulled away from the wall through a distance x, so that it slids a distance y down the wall making an angle `beta` with the horizontal. Then prove that
`x = y tan ((alpha + beta)/(2))`.

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