Question

Problem 2: A glass tumbles when dropped on a hard for breaks but when dropped on sand does not break.
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Answer 1

When dropped on a hard floor tumbler comes to rest immediately and time lapse it is very small . Since $\infty$------the reaction force on tumbles increase and it breaks .

On the other hand when this tumbler drops on the sand it takes time to come to test and reaction force is relatively less.