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Grade 11Mechanics

The speed of a homogenous solid sphere after rolling down an inclined plane of vertical height h from rest without sliding in terms of g and h is what???

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago
Dear student
 
Use conservation of energy
 
Potential energy at top of incline = total K.E. at the bottom of incline
 
mgh = (1/2) mv² + (1/2)I w²
Now you can solve
 
V = \sqrt(10gh/7)
 
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Arun (askIITians forum expert)