To protect their young in the nest, peregrine falcons will fly into birds of pre

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To protect their young in the nest, peregrine falcons will fly into birds of prey (such as ravens) at high speed. In one such episode, a 605 gram falcon flying at 20.5 m/sran into a 1.60 kgraven flying at 9.20 m/s. The falcon hit the raven at right angles to its original path and bounced back with a speed of 5.20 m/s. (These figures were estimated by one of the authors (WRA) as he watched this attack occur in northern New Mexico.)

a) By what angle did the falcon change the raven's direction of motion?

Explanation / Answer

use conservation of momentum,,,,,,,,,,,and equate momentum along x and y direction to get the required angle

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