Length of the air duct is .
Acute angle is .
Depth of the shaft at small end is .
Depth of the shaft at large end is .
Redraw the diagram using above information.
\From the right angle triangle.
\The length of opposite side is .
The length of hypotenuse is .
Trigonometric function : .
The length of the large end of the duct :
\Substitute in above equation.
The length of the large end of the duct is .
The length of the large end of the duct is .