Starting from rest, a basketball rolls from top of a hill to the bottom, reaching a translational speed of 6.8 m/s. Ignore frictional force losses. a. What is the height of the hill? b. Released from the same height, a can of frozen juice rolls to the bottom of the same hill. c. What is the translational speed of the frozen juice can when it reaches the bottom?

for baseball

(a) Let the mass of the baseball is m.

radius of baseball is r.

Total kinetic energy of the baseball, T = rotational kinetic energy + translational kinetic energy

T = 0.5 Iω² + 0.5 mv²

Where, I be the moment of inertia and ω be the angular speed.

ω = v/r

T = 0.5 x 2/3 mr² x v²/r² + 0.5 mv²

T = 0.83 mv²

According to the conservation of energy, the total kinetic energy at the bottom is equal to the total potential energy at the top.

m g h = 0.83 mv²

where, h be the height of the top of the hill.

9.8 x h = 0.83 x 6.8 x 6.8

h = 3.93 m

(b) Let the velocity of juice can is v'.

moment of inertia of the juice can = 1/2mr²

So, total kinetic energy

T = 0.5 x I x ω² + 0.5 mv²

T = 0.5 x 0.5 x m x r² x v²/r² + 0.5 mv²

m g h = 0.75 mv²

9.8 x 3.93 = 0.75 v²

v = 7.2 m/s