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I understand why a heavy item and a light item both fall a given distance in the same time - in a vacuum, etc.
What happens in the case of a cylinder rolling down an inclined plane with no slippage? Would a heavy cylinder reach the bottom at the same time as would a light cylinder? What if the cylinders were of differing radii? What if the cylinders had a differing moment of inertia, e.g., one cylinder with homogeneous density versus another that was of higher density nearer the surface of the cylinder?
Thansk for helping me understand.
What happens in the case of a cylinder rolling down an inclined plane with no slippage? Would a heavy cylinder reach the bottom at the same time as would a light cylinder? What if the cylinders were of differing radii? What if the cylinders had a differing moment of inertia, e.g., one cylinder with homogeneous density versus another that was of higher density nearer the surface of the cylinder?
Thansk for helping me understand.