Question

If the center of mass passes outside the area of support of an object, what will happen to it?

Answer 1

If a vertical line extending down from an object's CG extends outside its area of support, the object will topple

Step-by-step explanation:

We can understand better this situation using a diagram with the forces acting on it.

In the attached image we can see that when the gravity center is bouncing outside from the area of the pedestal, the object will be out of balance and will fall.