Question

When you walk from one corner of basketball court of side a,b to its opposite corner along the sides what is the magnitude of displacement

Answer 1

Answer:

√a²+√b²

Explanation:

construct a rectangle of side a and b

Displacement is the shortest disn covered,

if you join the two opp corners you get the diagonal of the rectangle.

you know will get a right handed triangle of hight a and base b or vice versa.

By applying Pythagoras Property, you get diagonal (hypotenuse)

---)√a²+√b²

Remember : if the question was the total distance covered then the ans. will be a+b