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Ladder 'x' meters long is laid against a well making an angle `'theta'` with the ground. If we want to directly find the distance between the foot of ladder and foot of the wall, which trigonometrical ratio should be considered?

A

`sin theta`

B

`cos theta`

C

`tan theta`

D

`cot theta`

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