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In a race down inclined plane why does a cube reach bottom first? The other object is a solid cylinder. The cylinder rolls without slipping, and the cube slides. The cylinder has radius R, and a cube has radius R. Does this depend on the mass of the objects? Is it because since the cube doesn't slide, none of its energy is converted into rotational KE as happens in the case of the cylinder?