A claw hammer can be used both to drive nails into a piece of wood and to get them back out (see figure 1b). The person in the image needs to exert a force of 50 N on the hammer to pull the nail loose. The handle is 25 cm long, and the distance between the handle and the head of the nail is 2.0 cm. Find the force the hammer is exerting on the wood (not the nail!). You may assume that the point where the hammer touches the wood is along the line of the handle. Hint: Start your answer with a free-body diagram.

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(c) A claw hammer can be used both to drive nails into a piece of wood and to get them
back out (see figure 1b). The person in the image needs to exert a force of 50 N
on the hammer to pull the nail loose. The handle is 25 cm long, and the distance
between the handle and the head of the nail is 2.0 cm. Find the force the hammer
is exerting on the wood (not the nail!). You may assume that the point where the
hammer touches the wood is along the line of the handle. Hint: Start your answer
with a free-body diagram.


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