A 3000 kg block falls vertically through 6.0 m and then collides with a 500 kg pile,

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A 3000 kg block falls vertically through 6.0 m and then collides with a 500 kg pile, driving it 3.0 cm into bedrock. Assuming that the block-pile collision is completely inelastic, find the magnitude of the average force on the pile from the bedrock during the 3.0 cm descent

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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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