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The ratio of the accelerations for a solid sphere (mass mm and radius RR) rolling down an incline of angle θ\theta without slipping and slipping down the incline without rolling is:

A

5:75:7

B

2:32:3

C

2:52:5

D

7:57:5

Step-by-Step Solution

Let the acceleration of the solid sphere rolling down the incline without slipping be arolla_{roll}. The formula for acceleration of a body rolling down an inclined plane is given by: aroll=gsinθ1+ImR2a_{roll} = \frac{g \sin\theta}{1 + \frac{I}{mR^2}} For a solid sphere, the moment of inertia about its central axis is I=25mR2I = \frac{2}{5}mR^2. Substituting this into the formula: aroll=gsinθ1+25mR2mR2=gsinθ1+25=gsinθ75=57gsinθa_{roll} = \frac{g \sin\theta}{1 + \frac{\frac{2}{5}mR^2}{mR^2}} = \frac{g \sin\theta}{1 + \frac{2}{5}} = \frac{g \sin\theta}{\frac{7}{5}} = \frac{5}{7}g \sin\theta

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 aslipa_{slip}. aslip=gsinθa_{slip} = g \sin\theta

The ratio of their accelerations is: arollaslip=57gsinθgsinθ=57=5:7\frac{a_{roll}}{a_{slip}} = \frac{\frac{5}{7}g \sin\theta}{g \sin\theta} = \frac{5}{7} = 5:7

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