A rabbit trying to escape a fox runs north for 8.0 m, darts northwest for 1.0 m, then drops 1.0 m down a hole into its burrow. What is the magnitude of the net displacement of the rabbit?

A) 8.8 m
B) 8.1 m
C) 66 m
D) 10 m


A

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Suppose we know a particle’s four-momentum pt and px components. If we draw the particle’s four-momentum arrow on an energy–momentum diagram, we can use a hyperbola to determine

A. The particle’s energy.
B. The particle’s speed.
C. The particle’s x-velocity.
D. The particle’s momentum magnitude .
E. The particle’s mass.
F. The scaling on the t axis.
T. Something else (specify).

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