Three objects of uniform density- a solid sphere, a solid cylinder, and a hollow cylinder- are placed at the top of an incline. They are all released from rest at the same elevation and roll without slipping. Which object reaches the bottom first? Which reaches it last? Try this at home and note that the result is independent of the masses and the radii of the objects.

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Answer:

Explanation:

Given

three objects namely Solid sphere, Solid cylinder and hollow cylinder are released from same elevation

Suppose all have same mass and radius

acceleration of object and while rolling

[tex]a=\frac{g\sin \theta }{1+\frac{I}{mr^2}}[/tex]

Moment of inertia of Solid sphere [tex]I_1=\frac{2}{5}Mr^2[/tex]

Moment of inertia of Solid cylinder [tex]I_2=Mr^2[/tex]

Moment of inertia of Hollow cylinder [tex]I_3=\frac{1}{2}Mr^2[/tex]

therefore [tex]a_1=\frac{g\sin \theta }{1+\frac{\frac{2}{5}Mr^2}{Mr^2}}[/tex]

[tex]a_1=\frac{5}{7}g\sin \theta [/tex]

[tex]a_2=\frac{1}{2}g\sin \theta [/tex]

[tex]a_3=\frac{2}{3}g\sin \theta [/tex]

Distance traveled is same so

[tex]s=ut+\frac{1}{2}at^2[/tex]

[tex]u=0[/tex]

[tex]t=\sqrt{\frac{2s}{a}}[/tex]

time is inversely Proportional to square root of acceleration

time Period of solid sphere [tex]t_1=k\cdot 1.183[/tex]

[tex]t_2=k\cdot 1.414[/tex]

[tex]t_3=k\cdot 1.22[/tex]

where k holds for other constant terms

so time taken by Solid sphere is least and last one to reach at bottom is solid cylinder    

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