Eli5: when two objects colide what decides which breaks?

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Like if I threw an egg at a wall the egg would break, but if the egg is going really fast the wall would break too? Whats the underlying mechanic for this?

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Definitely not an ELI5, this involves way more than a simple explanation. Momentum, fluid dynamics, geometry, materials, etc.

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