Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Nick on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 12:21pm.

A 12 kg hammer strikes a nail at a velocity of 8.2 m/s and comes to rest in a time interval of 0.0083 s.

1. What is the impulse given to the nail?

2. What is the average force acting on the nail?

Physics - bobpursley, Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 1:47pm
Impulse= force*time= mass*changevelocity
Physics - Anonymous, Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 11:19am
Rtfg

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