A 20m/s dog is chasing a squirrel with a velocity of 3m/s. What is the mechanical energy?

Question

Please show work, of how you found the mechanical energy.

Answer 1

Hello Nani,

We need mass of dog and squirrel to find Kinetic energy of each one

KE = 1/2 (mv² )

Total mechanical energy will be sum of two ( assuming no GPE)