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doomna
May 27, 2014, 09:55 AM
You drive a nail horizontally into a wall, using a 0.52 kg hammerhead. If the hammerhead is moving horizontally at 4.5 m/s and in one blow drives the nail into the wall a distance of 2.9 cm, determine the average force acting on
(a) the hammerhead
(b) the nail

doomna
May 27, 2014, 09:56 AM
You drive a nail horizontally into a wall, using a 0.52 kg hammerhead. If the hammerhead is moving horizontally at 4.5 m/s and in one blow drives the nail into the wall a distance of 2.9 cm, determine the average force acting on
(a) the hammerhead
(b) the nail

ebaines
May 27, 2014, 10:00 AM
Hint: calculate the acceleration of the hammer head, then use F=ma.

ma0641
May 27, 2014, 05:31 PM
You must have the same homework as "Soonawan786", they asked the identical question!