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good night sir i have a question to you sir that why does a person feels less friction when he falls on the pile of cotton rather than cemented floor from the roof of the house

good night sir i have a question to you sir that why does a person feels less friction when he falls on the pile of cotton rather than  cemented floor from the roof of the house

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Susmita
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5 years ago
Cotton is less elastic.It resists less to deformation.So when you fall on cotton,you go bit deeper into cotton layer,ie,cotton layer gets compressed to propagate the momentum you were carrying.
A cemented floor is more elastic.It will resist any change of its shape or any deformation.So when you fall on it(or hit it) with a certain force(or momentum),it will also hit you back(or give a reaction force).That is why you get hurt.
 

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