Travel time for different masses travelling down an inclined plane?

Subject: Travel time for different masses travelling down an inclined plane?

Date: Mon Nov 3 02:57:30 1997
Posted by Peter Gill
Grade level: 10-12
School: Taroona High School
City: Hobart State/Province: Tasmania
Country: Australia
Area of science: Physics
ID: 878547450.Ph

Message:

Dear Scientist,

Could you please help us. We are doing 3rd year physics at Taroona 
High School (TAS) and my partner and I are stuck trying to understand 
an experiment we have done.

When two identical wheeled trolleys carrying different masses roll 
down an incline, from a static start, why does the heavier trolley get 
to the bottom first?

Peter Gill

rspmgill@netspace.net.au

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