How many uniform, identical textbooks of width 28.0 cm can be stacked on top of each other on a level surface?

How many uniform, identical textbooks of width 28.0 cm can be stacked on top of each other on a level surface without the stack falling over if each successive book is displaced 3.00 cm in width relative to the book below it?How many uniform, identical textbooks of width 28.0 cm can be stacked on top of each other on a level surface?
28/3 = 9+ so 9 + the bottom book = 10



if the pile is 10 high, the center of gravity is still inside the bottom book.

and more so for all the books above that.



the 11th book will make the pile fall.How many uniform, identical textbooks of width 28.0 cm can be stacked on top of each other on a level surface?
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