The ratio of the accelerations for a solid sphere (mass and radius ) rolling down an incline of angle without slipping and slipping down the incline without rolling is:
Let the acceleration of the solid sphere rolling down the incline without slipping be . The formula for acceleration of a body rolling down an inclined plane is given by: For a solid sphere, the moment of inertia about its central axis is . Substituting this into the formula:
When the solid sphere slips down the incline without rolling, it implies there is no friction to provide the torque for rolling. In this case, it behaves like a particle sliding down a smooth inclined plane. Let its acceleration be .
The ratio of their accelerations is:
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