If you throw 1 kg cotton and 1 kg watermelon at somone, why does the watermelon hit you harder despite it being the same weight?

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If you throw 1 kg cotton and 1 kg watermelon at somone, why does the watermelon hit you harder despite it being the same weight?

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Well of you compressed the cotton and somehow made it just as hard as the watermelon i would imagine the hit would be the same. Basically cotton is soft and melon is hard.