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Why is it possible to drive a nail into a piece of wood with a hammer, but it is not possible to push a nail in by hand?

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When you swing a hammer you INCREASE its kinetic energy, so that by the time it STRIKE the nail it IMPARTS a large FORCE which drives the nail into the wood.
the hammer is basically an energy reservoir to which you are adding energy during swing.



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