Why does the height, weight and width of a body affect its tipping over?

Subject: Why does the height, weight and width of a body affect its tipping over?

Date: Wed Aug 3 02:26:24 2005
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I have investigated (done experiments to see) how the height, weight and width 
affect a body tipping over on an inclined slope.  I found the following:

As the width of the body increases, so the angle of the slope before the body 
tips increases.  As the height of the body increases, so the angle of the slope 
before the body tips decreases.  As the weight of the body increases, so the 
angle of the slope before the body tips over decreases.

I have been searching and searching, and simply can't find an explanation as to 
WHY my results happen.  PLEASE help me! I really do need an easily 
understandible explanation

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