Answer:
1. Since the carpet is softer than the concrete and the force of impact is reduced by the extended time of impact.
Explanation.
The carpet provides energy dissipation over a porous layer of material.
Because of this, the carpet behaves as if it was a spring and a dashpot.
The spring absorbs the kinetic energy, and the dashpot dissipates the energy.
The ticker the carpet, the better the energy dissipation will be.