A marble and a cube are placed at the top of a ramp. Starting from rest at the same height, the marble rolls without slipping and the cube slides (no kinetic friction) down the ramp. Determine the ratio of the center-of-mass speed of the cube to the center-of-mass speed of the marble at the bottom of the ramp.

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Answer:

[tex]1.2:1[/tex]

Explanation:

For the marble :

[tex]h[/tex] = height from which the marble is released

[tex]v_{m}[/tex] = speed of center of mass of marble at the bottom

[tex]w[/tex] = angular speed of marble = [tex]\frac{v_{m}}{r}[/tex]

[tex]m[/tex] = mass of the marble

[tex]r[/tex] = radius of the marble

Moment of inertia of marble (solid sphere) is given as

[tex]I = (0.4) m r^{2}[/tex]

Using conservation of energy between Top and bottom

Kinetic energy at bottom + rotational kinetic energy at bottom = potential energy at top

[tex](0.5)mv_{m}^{2} + (0.5)Iw^{2}= mgh[/tex]

[tex]mv_{m}^{2} + (0.4) mr^{2}\left ( \frac{v_{m}}{r} \right )^{2}= 2mgh[/tex]

[tex]mv_{m}^{2} + (0.4) mv_{m}^{2}= 2mgh[/tex]

[tex](1.4)v_{m}^{2} = 2gh[/tex]                                                  Eq-1

For Cube :

[tex]h[/tex] = height from which the cube is released

[tex]v_{c}[/tex] = speed of center of mass of cube at the bottom

[tex]m[/tex] = mass of the cube

Using conservation of energy between Top and bottom

Kinetic energy at bottom  = potential energy at top

[tex](0.5)mv_{c}^{2} = mgh[/tex]

[tex]v_{c}^{2} = 2gh[/tex]                                                              Eq-2

Using Eq-1 and Eq-2

[tex]v_{c}^{2} = (1.4)v_{m}^{2}[/tex]  

Taking square-root both side

[tex]\sqrt{v_{c}^{2}} = \sqrt{(1.4) v_{m}^{2}}[/tex]

[tex]\sqrt{v_{c}^{2}} = \sqrt{(1.4) v_{m}^{2}}\\\\v_{c} = 1.2 v_{m}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{v_{c}}{v_{m}} = 1.2[/tex]