Imagine you have a six-foot -tall dresser with six drawers. Each drawer is stuffed full of clothes. What would happen if you fully open only the top two drawers?

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18jonea · Answer

Opening the top two drawers would shift the center of mass off the base and cause an increase in the dresser’s perceived base.
 	
As the drawers are opened, the center of mass moves lower in the dresser, thus keeping it in stable equilibrium.
 	
Opening the top two drawers would shift the center of mass off the base, and the dresser may tip over.
 	
The dresser is in stable equilibrium, so nothing would change if the top two drawers are opened.

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@agent0smith

agent0smith · Answer

What do you think? Just think about it, imagine it.

18jonea · Answer

i think b

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@agent0smith

18jonea · Answer

is that right?

agent0smith · Answer

I'm not gonna tell you the answer, but i'm sure you'll get it if you think about it, and how changing the location of some mass affects the center of mass.

18jonea · Answer

well i know it is not c or a it wont tip over and the first one just doesnt make sense bat d im not sure about

agent0smith · Answer

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Where is the center of mass of this object?

What about this one? 
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18jonea · Answer

the middle for the first one and the square for the second

18jonea · Answer

@agent0smith

agent0smith · Answer

It won't be in the square for the second. Where is the center of mass for something like |dw:1478067652839:dw| and draw it on there, rather than saying where it is.