if u have started from your home to school in east for 6 km then towards north for 8 km calculate the displacement
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if u draw a map for this, then it's forming a right angle triangle. where 6km traveling to East is the base and 8km to the north is the perpendicular.
the hypotenuse will be the displacement.
so by Pythagoras theorem,
➡ h² = b² + p²
➡ h² = 6² + 8²
➡ h² = 36 + 64
➡ h² = 100
➡ h = √100
➡ h = 10km
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