Question

A worker drives a 0.500 kg spike into a rail tie with a 2.50 kg sledgeham-

Answer 1

Total internal energy increases by 1760 J

Step-by-step explanation:

The kinetic energy of an object is the energy possessed by the object due to its motion.

It is calculated as

$KE=\frac{1}{2}mv^2$

where

m is the mass of the object

v is its speed

For the hammer in this problem:

m = 2.50 kg

v = 65.0 m/s

So its kinetic energy is

$KE=\frac{1}{2}(2.50)(65)^2=5281 J$

Then the problem says that 1/3 of the hammer's kinetic energy is converted into internal energy: therefore, the total internal energy increases by

$\frac{1}{3}KE=\frac{1}{3}(5281)=1760 J$

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