If a body has equal amount of rotational kinetic energy and translational kinetic energy while rolling without slipping on a horizontal surface.
Then body is a
Solution:
Let be the rotational kinetic energy and be the translational kinetic energy.
Given that .
We know that:
Rotational kinetic energy
Translational kinetic energy
Where is the moment of inertia, is the angular velocity, is the mass, and is the linear velocity of the center of mass.
For rolling without slipping, the relation between linear and angular velocity is , or , where is the radius of the body.
Setting :
Substitute into the equation:
Since , we can cancel from both sides:
Now, let's check the moment of inertia for each given option about an axis passing through its center of mass and perpendicular to the plane of rotation (for ring/disc/cylinder) or through its center (for sphere):
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Ring: For a ring, the moment of inertia .
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Disc: For a disc, the moment of inertia .
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Sphere (Solid): For a solid sphere, the moment of inertia .
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Uniform cylinder: A uniform cylinder is essentially a disc if rolling about its central axis. So, .
Comparing the derived condition with the moments of inertia of the given bodies, only the Ring satisfies this condition.
Thus, the body is a Ring.
The final answer is