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An egg breaks when dropped on a hard floor because the hard floor exerts a large amount of force on the egg over a very short period of time.

In order to reduce that force so that it does not break the egg, you have to somehow decrease the time it takes for the egg to come to an absolute stop.

So if you dropped the egg on something like a pillow, the egg would exert the same amount of force as it would on a hard floor, only the pillow would not exert as much force on the egg as the hard floor. Instead, it would be pushed back because the egg is pushing with the most force. This creates the soft, cushioned landing.

Therefore, the net force of the egg vs the pillow is decreased and total elapsed time is increased, causing the egg to fall on the pillow undamaged. :)

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