A few days ago
Too CooL

PLZ I really need some homework help?

Mats in a gym, airbags, and padding in sports uniforms are used to protect people from being injured.

Explain why these soft objects used instead of rigid objects using your understandking of impulse and change of momentum

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A few days ago
old lady

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Because hard objects would create a bounce-back situation when the change of momentum kicks in.

Soft objects absorb energy, not reflect it, so they would cushion a blow.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
Soft objects absorb the energy from a falling object and less is bounced back, unlike a hard surface where almost all the energy is bounced back, thus causing pain.
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A few days ago
Afro_Diggy_Act
because when somthing hits these mats, airbags…etc the momentum is strong when it hit it….but on impact the force is lessoned/absorbed so it is not as it would be as if the objesct was non-rigid…. in otherwords…you would hit harder on a hard object…that cant obsorb any on-pact hits…than a soft cushiny object…
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A few days ago
Rosie
Because of the thinkness of the objects like padding, it absorbs the impact when hit.
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