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An iron nail of mass 0.2 kg is dropped from a height h=1m from level of a sand bed. If it penetrates through a distance x=0.1m in the sand before coming to rest. Calculate the average force exerted by the sand on the nail. (Take g=`10m//s^(2)`)

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