At a carnival, you can try to ring a bell by striking a target with a 7.76-kg hammer. In response, a 0.372-kg metal piece is sent upward toward the bell, which is 4.87 m above. Suppose that 29.7 percent of the hammer's kinetic energy is used to do the work of sending the metal piece upward. How fast must the hammer be moving when it strikes the target so that the bell just barely rings?

3.93 m/s

Explanation:

Let the kinetic energy of hammer be 'K' and speed of hitting the target be 'v'.

Given:

Mass of the hammer (M) = 7.76 kg

Mass of the metal piece (m) = 0.372 kg

Kinetic energy of the hammer used by the metal piece = 29.7% of 'K' = 0.297K

Vertical height traveled by the metal piece (h) = 4.87 m

From conservation of energy, the kinetic energy used by the metal piece is transformed to the gravitational potential energy when it reaches the height of the bell.

Gravitational potential energy of the piece is given as:

Now, as per question:

Therefore, the kinetic energy of the hammer is 59.78 J.

We know that,

Kinetic energy =

So,

Expressing in terms of 'v', we get:

Plug in the given values and solve for 'v'. This gives,

Therefore, the hammer must move with a speed of 3.93 m/s when it strikes the target so that the bell just barely rings.