Question

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 5 meters away from the base of the net. Round to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

@tcarroll010

Answer 2

You have 2 similar triangles that you can use to get "h". Both triangle have the impact point of the ball on the floor. The first triangle ends at the net and the other ends where the ball is hit with the racket. So,

\[\frac{ 2 }{ 5 } = \frac{ h }{ 5 + 10 }\]

And now just solve for "h".

Answer 3

ok i see thx i had trouble seting it up

Answer 4

uw! and np.