Example 10Find the value of x in the following pair of triangles.

Example 11Find the value of the pronumeral in the following diagram.

Problem Solving
Example 12
Find the value of the height, h m, in the following diagram at which the tennis ball must be
hit so that it will just pass over the net and land 6 metres away from the base of the net.

Solution:

So, the height at which the ball should be hit is 2.7 m.

Example 13
Adam looks in a mirror and sees the top of a building. His eyes are 1.25 m above ground
level, as shown in the following diagram.

If Adam is 1.5 m from the mirror and 181.5 m from the base of the building, how high is
the building?

Solution:

So, the height of the building is 150 m.