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    Calculating the speed of hammer to drive a nail in the wall

    Okay area under graph is 93.75 J I use 93.75J = 0.5*0.5kg*v^2 →v =19.365m/s Okay now I am sure it is correct! Haha thanks for helping an idiot like me..I make so many simple mistakes with units..I'll keep that in mind for the future.thanks again
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    Calculating the speed of hammer to drive a nail in the wall

    O Ohhhhh... I understand... Area under graph is 9375N of course and then 9375N : 500g=18.75 m/s Thanks a lot, now I get a bonus to my grade :) Just one last (stupid)question. Why isn't it possible to calculate the 18.75m/s using W=0.5*m*v^2 to calculate the velocity?
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    Calculating the speed of hammer to drive a nail in the wall

    So the work is: 2.5cm*5000N =12500J So then the work energy theorem says: W=KEf-KE0 We can eliminate KE0 so it is W=0.5*m*v^2 √(W/0.5*m)=v So we get v=7.071m/s This looks correct to me, but apparantely it is 19.0m/s
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    Calculating the speed of hammer to drive a nail in the wall

    Well the 2 cm should be 2.5cm. So 2.5 cm corresonds to the 5000N,
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    Calculating the speed of hammer to drive a nail in the wall

    Now it should be there. Sorry I thought I had uploaded it.
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    Calculating the speed of hammer to drive a nail in the wall

    1. We know that we need 5000N to drive a nail 2.5 cm into a wall. How fast does a hammer of 500g mass have to be in order to drive the nail in the wall in one stroke?(look at the picture if it is unclear. The 2 cm in the picture should be 2.5cm) 2. F=m*a W=F*x x=distance 3. I thought it...
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