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Given information

From the question we get,

Let the hammer's mass =    

Period=    

Striking velocity =

Final velocity=  

A 12-kg hammer strikes a nail at a velocity of and comes to rest in a time interval of 8.0 ms. (a) What is the impulse given to the nail?

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The term "impulse" refers to the total impact of a force acting over time.

In this case the impact on the nail is same as the impact on the hammer moving in the opposite direction, i.e., 

i.e.,

 

Where,

=the initial speed

=the final speed .

m =mass of hammer.

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