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Problem 1: Two masses sit at the top of two frictionless inclined planes that have different angles, as shown in the figure.

Part (a) What can be said about the speeds of the two masses at the bottom of their respective paths? Multiple Choice : 1) Th

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HereThe key information here is frictionless inclined planes with the same vertical height.

Because both are the same height, both masses start with the same potential energy (well, technically this is incorrect since a larger mass implies a larger potential, but because of the math involved, the mass differences won't cause one body or the other to go faster). It doesn't matter what the incline angle is, because they're both going to have completely translated all their energy from potential to kinetic.

Anyway, conservation of energy applies. Therefore, at the bottom they both have fallen the same height and have the same velocity. Mass differences will also cancel out.

So answers for a and b questions are 1,2 respectively

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