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A ladder rests against a vertical wall at inclination `alpha` to the horizontal. Its foot is pulled away from the wall through a distance p so that it's upper end slides q down the wall and then ladder make an angle `beta` to the horizontal show that ` p/q = ( cos beta - cos alpha)/(sin alpha - sin beta)`.

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