Consider a situation in which a ring, a solid cylinder and a solid sphere roll down on the same inclined plane without slipping. Assume that they start rolling from rest and have identical diameters. The correct statement for this situation is

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(3) The sphere has the greatest and the ring has the least velocity of the centre of mass at the bottom of the inclined plane.. Rolling without slipping from rest through a height h: v=√(2gh)/(1+k) with k=I/(MR²). The speed depends on the shape only, through k, and it falls as k rises. Ring: k=1, so v=√gh. Solid cylinder: k=1/2, so v=√(4gh)/3. Solid sphere: k=2/5, so v=√(10gh)/7. Putting gh=1: ring 1.00, cylinder 1.15, sphere 1.20. The sphere is fastest and the ring slowest. Mass and diameter never appear, which is the point of saying they are identical: it removes them as an explanation and leaves shape as the only one.

Consider a situation in which a ring, a solid cylinder and a solid sphere roll down on the same inclined plane without slipping. Assume that they start rolling from rest and have identical diameters. The correct statement for this situation is

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