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FMA-2017-15 · 2017 F = ma (AAPT)

2017 F = ma Exam — Question 15

Whichofthefollowingfourobjects, eachauniformsolidspherereleasedfromrest, wouldhavethelargest speed after the center of mass has moved through a vertical distance h?
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