renasmith13
renasmith13 renasmith13
  • 14-12-2019
  • Physics
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if the center of mass passes outside the area of support of an object, what will happen to it?

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rafaleo84
rafaleo84 rafaleo84
  • 20-12-2019

Answer:

If a vertical line extending down from an object's CG extends outside its area of support, the object will topple

Explanation:

We can understand better this situation using a diagram with the forces acting on it.

In the attached image we can see that when the gravity center is bouncing outside from the area of the pedestal, the object will be out of balance and will fall.

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