Why does it hurt more to land on the wooden floor of a gym than on a padded mat?

The wooden floor exerts a greater force to give the same impulse as a padded mat.

Explanation:

-The wooden floor exerts a greater force for the same impulse as the padded mat.

-Unlike the wooded floor, the padded mat absorbs some of the energy when you fall. This in turn makes it exert less force on the body during the fall.

-Hence, you are less hurt when you fall on the padded floor.

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the box does not move because you need to use a force greater than 300 n. you are only using 50 n. it needs to at least be 301 n for the box to move because then it is an unbalanced force and it will move the way that the greater force is pushing it. if you use only 300 n it will be a balanced force and will not move because the force you are exerting on the   box is the same as its force.

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im sorry if i went too in depth, i am going to include a link to a video on khan academy that will explain this.   hope that you like the video and that it explains more in detail to you.

that is the link.