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Grade 11Mechanics

A hammer of mass 1kg strikes on the head of the nail with the velocity of 2m/s.It drives the nail 0.01m into the wooden block.Find the force applied by the hammer and time of impact

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
Force applied by hammer= 200x1=200 Ntime of impact= 2/200=0.01 seconds=10 milli seconds2v=0 m/s , u=2 m/s => v^2-u^2 =2as => a=200 m/s