Here's a short story: Stan was throwing marbles by himself in the kitchen, and saw that when they landed on the linoleum floor they scattered all over, but when he released them over the carpet, they didn't go nearly as far. He observed there was more resistance to the marbles on the (A) linoleum (B) carpet..  What is the most sensical answer between "linoleum" and  "carpet"?
The answer to this question is:
carpet