A ring, disc and sphere all of same mass and radius roll down the inclined plane from the same height h. Which of the three reaches the bottom:
(i) earliest (ii) last?
The body having maximum acceleration reaches the ground earliest and the body whose acceleration is minimum reaches the ground at last.
We know acceleration of body rolling down the inclined plane without sliding is given by,
Moment of inertia of ring = MR2
Moment of Inertia of the disc =
Moment on Inertia =
Since the acceleration of sphere is maximum and that of the ring is minimum, therefore, the sphere will reach the ground the earliest and ring at last while starting from the same height.