A small songbird with a mass of 0.023 kg is standing on a branch. A falcon with a mass of 0.780 kg catches the song bird in the air while flying horizontally with a velocity of 7.30 m/s. How much kinetic energy is lost in the collision when the falcon catches the songbird ( both fly off horizontally in the same direction as the falcon? Express your answer to two decimal places in units of Joules, but do not include units in your answer.

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Kinetic energy lost in the collision is calculated as KE lost KE of the falcon before the collision ... View the full answer