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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When two objects collide, the force of the collision is distributed through the items colliding according to the shapes and materials of those items. If the force is too great for the weakest point in either item then that point will fail and the relevant item will undergo consequent changes such as deformation, fragmentation and so on.

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