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Thanks. I will probably come back to this in a week or so and try to make sense of it all a bit more, but right now I've got other finals to study for. You guys put a lot of work into helping students, and should give yourselves hearty pats on the back.

Are you pointing out that the rate of rotation (omega) should equal the (eventual horizontal velocity component)/radius as soon as the rolling contact is restored? If that's the case, I don't see how friction plays into that. I do understand that dynamic friction is the way of the land when it...

Thanks guys! I should have a lot of meat on my plate with this one, but your responses help with guiding me what I ought to be looking for.

Homework Statement I suppose my question is a broad one. I am writing a Physics Extended Essay for the IB program (approx. 4000 words). My research question is "How does the angle of an inclined plane impact the horizontal translational kinetic energy of a solid cylinder [after it impacts and...