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Author: Douglas Giancoli

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Chapter 10.9, Problem 1EE

Return to the Chapter-Opening Question, p. 248, and answer it again now. Try to explain why you may have answered differently the first time.

CHAPTER-OPENING QUESTION—Guess Now!

A solid kill and a solid cylinder roll down a ramp. They both start from rest at the same time. Which gets to the bottom first?

(a) They get there at the same time.
(b) They get there at almost exactly the same time except for frictional differences.
(c) The ball gets there first.
(d) The cylinder gets there first.
(e) Can’t tell without knowing the mass and radius of each.

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