Question

You are trying to tilt a very tall refrigerator (2.0 mhigh, 1.0 m deep, 1.4 m wide, and 130 kg) so that your friend can put a blanket underneath to slide it out of the kitchen.

Determine the force that you need to exert on the front of the refrigerator at the start of its tipping. You push horizontally 1.3 m above the floor.

Answer 1