This is a picture of my clothes rack where I hang some of my clothes because my closet is too full. As you can see it it standing perfectly fine, but this was not the case before i re-arranged the clothes I put on it. At first, I put all of my heavy jackets on one side and my light dresses and tops on the other side, and one night the whole rack fell over while I was sleeping. I did not expect this to happen but then realized it was because the center of mass was outside of the support area, which is in the middle of the rack. The mass should have been centered towards the middle of the rack instead of having heavy clothes on one side and lighter clothes on the other. It also could be seen as the heavier side creating a torque, and since there was more moment of inertia on that side (due to its bigger mass), that made it easier to fall over. After whole clothes rack toppled over, I realized I should evenly put my lighter clothes on it.
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ahh, the heavy jackets exerted a torque rotating the whole rack. reminds me of the crayon physics game i've been playing... you can draw platforms which rotate on a hinge. i'm probably not being clear, but that's ok. good entry. And what a crowded room!
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