Question

It is a touchback if A1 fumbles on B's 5-yard line and B1's muff forces the loose ball into B's end zone and out of bounds beyond the end line.

(a) True
(b) False

Answer 1

The displacement of the first person is not more than the displacement of the second person.

Step-by-step explanation:

The displacement of an object is the net change in its position from the starting point to the ending point. In this case, both persons end up at the same location, but the path they took to get there is different.

The first person walks 2 blocks east and 5 blocks north. Using the Pythagorean theorem, the displacement can be calculated as the square root of the sum of the squares of the horizontal and vertical displacements: √(2^2 + 5^2) = √29.

The second person walks 5 blocks north and then 2 blocks east. Again, using the Pythagorean theorem, the displacement can be calculated as: √(5^2 + 2^2) = √29, which is the same as the first person's displacement.

Therefore, the displacement of the first person is not more than the displacement of the second person. The answer is False.