Question: A claw hammer being used to pull a nail out of a horizontal board. The mass of the hammer is 1 . 0 0 kg

A claw hammer being used to pull a nail out of a horizontal board. The mass of the hammer is 1.00 kg . A force of 150 N is exerted horizontally as shown, and the nail does not yet move relative to the board. Find
(a) the force exerted by the hammer claws on the nail
(b) the force exerted by the surface on the point of contact with the hammer head. Assume the force the hammer exerts on the nail is parallel to the nail.
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