A spotlight projects a cone of light of semi-vertical angle . A Cartesian coordinate system is chosen such that the stage is coincident with the horizontal plane. We want the spotlight to generate a light spot on the stage that is an ellipse centered at , has a semi-major axis length of and a semi-minor axis length of , such that the major axis makes a counter clockwise angle with the x-axis of . Where should the spotlight be placed ? If it is to be placed at , where , and , and if the splotlight axis direction (towards the stage) in the coordinate frame is along the unit vector , then find
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