Because if you increase the surface area of such a fragile object there is more space and in turn more of a chance for the object (in this case the egg) to be damaged.
Answer:
a

b

Explanation:
From the question we are told that
The mass of the rock is 
The length of the small object from the rock is 
The length of the small object from the branch 
An image representing this lever set-up is shown on the first uploaded image
Here the small object acts as a fulcrum
The force exerted by the weight of the rock is mathematically evaluated as

substituting values


So at equilibrium the sum of the moment about the fulcrum is mathematically represented as

Here
is very small so
and 
Hence

=> 
substituting values


The mechanical advantage is mathematically evaluated as

substituting values


Answer:
It looks like its moving north.
Explanation:
The given data is incomplete. The complete question is as follows.
At an accident scene on a level road, investigators measure a car's skid mark to be 84 m long. It was a rainy day and the coefficient of friction was estimated to be 0.36. Use these data to determine the speed of the car when the driver slammed on (and locked) the brakes. (why does the car's mass not matter?)
Explanation:
Let us assume that v is the final velocity and u is the initial velocity of the car. Let s be the skid marks and
be the friction coefficient and m be the mass of car.
Hence, the given data is as follows.
v = 0, s = 84 m,
= 0.36
According to Newton's law of second motion the expression for acceleration is as follows.
F = ma
= ma
= ma
a = 
Also,



= 
= 24.36 m/s
Thus, we can conclude that the speed of the car when the driver slammed on (and locked) the brakes is 24.36 m/s.