In Anchorage, collisions of a vehicle with a moose are so common that they are referred to with the abbreviation MVC. Suppose a l000 kg car slides into a stationary 500 kg moose on a very slippery a road, with the moose being thrown through the windshield (a common MVC result).
(a) What percent of the original kinetic energy is lost in the collision to other forms of energy? A similar danger occurs in Saudi Arabia because of camel-vehicle collisions (CVC).
(b) What percent of the original kinetic energy is lost if the car hits a 300 kg camel?
(c) Generally, does the percent loss increase or decrease if the animal mass decreases?