Question

Two trees have perfectly straight trunks and are both growing perpendicular to the flat horizontal ground beneath them. the sides of the trunks that face each other are 1.0m apart. a squirrel makes three jumps, first leaps from the foot of one tree to a spot that is 1.0m above the ground on the other tree. then, he jumps to the other tree, landing on a spot 1.7m above the ground. finally he leaps to other tree 2.5m above ground. whats the magnitude of the squirrel's displacement?

Answer 1

displacement= finalposition-initial position.

Answer 2

a^2 + b^2 = c^2