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A 100 g of iron nail is hit by a 1.5 kg hammer striking at a velocity of 60 ms -1 . What will be the rise in the temperature of the nail if one fourth of energy of the hammer goes into heating the nail? [Specific heat capacity of iron = 0.42 Jg -1 °C -1 ]
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