A refrigerator rests on a rough incline as shown in the figure below. If the ref

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A refrigerator rests on a rough incline as shown in the figure below. If the refrigerator has a height h and a width w, determine an expression in terms of h and w for the maximum value the angle ? can have before the refrigerator tips over. Treat the refrigerator as a uniform container.
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A refrigerator rests on a rough incline as shown in the figure below. If the refrigerator has a height h and a width w, determine an expression in terms of h and w for the maximum value the angle ? can have before the refrigerator tips over. Treat the refrigerator as a uniform container.

Explanation / Answer

the torque on clockwise and anti clockwise must equal

the mg act at the center if fridge

m*gsin(teta) * h/2= m *g cos(teta) * w/2

tan(teta) = w/h

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