Gravitational Illusions -- Two balls rolling down differently-shaped ramps

Jurgen M
Without this test,using only math, would you prove that left ball will comes first?

 
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Why make us do all the work? You'll never learn unless you do the problems yourself.

Write your own mathematical solution and post it here. We'll comment on it.
 
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