Assume that all of the mass of a bicycle wheel is concentrated at its rim. Such a wheel of mass 1.2 kg and radius 30 cm starts from rest at the top of a hill 100 m long and inclined at 20º to the horizontal. What will be the speed of the wheel at the bottom of the hill if it rolls without slipping?
a. 21m/s
b. 26m/s
c. 15m/s
d. 33m/s
e. 37m/s
The answer is v = 18.3 m/sec, which is not given in the options.
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