Releasing a frictionless box and a rolling disk with equal masses from the top of identical inclined planes, how much sooner does the box reach the bottom of the incline than the disk?   Express your answer in terms of some or all of the variables m, h, θ, and R, as well as g. We know: The potential energy of the disk is converted into translational and rotational kinetic energy, so the translational speed grows more slowly than that of the box, which has no rotational energy.

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Releasing a frictionless box and a rolling disk with equal masses from the top of identical inclined planes, how much sooner does the box reach the bottom of the incline than the disk?

 

Express your answer in terms of some or all of the variables m, h, θ, and R, as well as g.

We know: The potential energy of the disk is converted into translational and rotational kinetic energy, so the translational speed grows more slowly than that of the box, which has no rotational energy.

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