Question

From a fixed height,two eggs are dropped such that one falls on a concrete floor and the other on a cushion pillow the egg falling on the concrete floor breaks and the one falling on the pillow does not break.explain why in terms of momentum

Answer 1

As the first egg falls on the hard surface of concrete but the other one falls on the soft surface on which the egg not broke

Answer 2

Answer: The egg or any brittle thing breaks when thrown from a certain height breaks because of shock, in other words by effect of rapid deceleration.

•When you throw the egg from the height on a concrete floor it breaks because of the sudden and rapid deceleration which is enough to break the egg.

• But on the other hand if you throw an egg from the same height on a soft cushion pillow, and when the egg falling under gravity touches the soft cushion, it is decelerated too but in a longer interval, which actually mitigates the effect of falling and is not sufficient enough to break the egg.