A boy is standing motionless on a skateboard. He throws a basketball forward. Describe his motion.

Random motion

Explanation:

If the boy throws the basketball forward while at a position on the skateboard, the motion of the ball will be a random motion since we are not told if the ball is moving on a straight line when thrown forward.

In this case, the boy will tend to move in the direction of the ball. Since the ball is moving in a random manner, the motion of the boy will also be a random motion.

A random motion is a motion of a body in a zig zag manner. It is also known as Brownian motion e. g motion of a buzzing mosquito, motion of a smoke coming out of a chimney etc.