Yea, ok, I got close now I think.
Because it is rolling without slipping conservation of Energy is true.
I already went through and derived the moment of inertia for a solid cylinder and got the equation, 0.5MR^{2} (I know that is right :p)
Ok so Me_{f}=Me_{i}
Setting the Zero Line at the...
Ok, so I have looked at it a little bit more, and tried the conservation of energy thing again, I get to a=\sqrt{(2mgh_{i}-I\omega^2)/m}dt
is this even on the right track?
1. A solid cylinder is being rolled down an incline, and we are looking for acceleration. I can find the observed value of acceleration fairly easily, but am not sure how to find the accepted one. Below are the instructions given on how we are supposed to find the accepted acceleration...