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A man standing on a level plane observes the elevation of the top of a pole to be `theta`. He then walks a distance equal to double the height of the pole and then finds that the elevation is now `2theta`. The value of `cottheta` is

A

`pi//6`

B

`pi//2`

C

`pi//3`

D

`pi//12`

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