Setup Example for Rotational Kinetic Energy

The equipment and items for experiment

Precision track; two photo gates; 2 spheres, ring, & disk objects; right angle support clamp holder; V-groove (Table) clamp; a long aluminum bar; a small aluminum bar; protractor; caliper

Set up an inclined plane, two photo gates, and 3 objects to roll. The following is a disk.
This is another object, a shphere.
The final object, a ring. You can try any one of them first.

Notes

What are the effects toward energy if an object is rolling?

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