Question #299246

A pile of mass 50kg is being driven into the ground by a hammer of mass 400kg. If the hammer is dropped through a height of 3.5m, there is no obersaable rebound, and the average resistive force of the ground on the pile is 50kN, calculate the distance the pile sinks into the ground

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2022-02-20T15:45:49-0500

m1gh1=(m2g+F)h2,m_1gh_1=(m_2g+F)h_2,

h2=m1gh1m2g+F=27.7 cm.h_2=\frac{m_1gh_1}{m_2g+F}=27.7~cm.


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