How Does a Bowling Ball Accelerate Up a Ramp?

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A bowling ball rolls without slipping up a ramp that slopes upward at an angle beta to the horizontal. Treat the ball as a uniform, solid sphere, ignoring the finger holes.

What is the acceleration of the center of mass of the ball?
Express your answer in terms of the variable beta and appropriate constants.

I got this part:
gsinB/(7/5)

What minimum coefficient of static friction is needed to prevent slipping?
Express your answer in terms of the variable beta and appropriate constants.

Any suggestions for this part?
 
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If you got the acceleration of C (center of mass), you should be able to calculate the normal force N and the frictional force F, right? We have [tex]\mu _{static}\geq F/N[/tex], and you get the minimum static friction coefficient.