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When a fat person tries to touch his toes, keeping the legs straight, he generally falls. Explain with reference to figure (10-Q2).
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When the man tries to touch his toe, he exerts force along the hand downwards. This force produces amoment along the Centre of Mass CM of the man as shown in the figure. This moment makes him rotateand, thus, he falls down after losing the balance.


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