A solid sphere, a thin spherical shell, and a solid cylinder each have a radius of 3 cm and a mass of 5 kg. They each start from rest and roll without slipping down a hill with a height of 7 m. Rank the change in potential energy of the objects as they go from the top to the bottom of the hill.  (a) ΔPEshell>ΔPEsphere>ΔPEcylΔPEshell>ΔPEsphere>ΔPEcyl  (b) ΔPEsphere>ΔPEcyl>ΔPEshellΔPEsphere>ΔPEcyl>ΔPEshell  (c) ΔPEshell>ΔPEcyl>ΔPEsphereΔPEshell>ΔPEcyl>ΔPEsphere  (d) ΔPEshell=ΔPEsphere=ΔPEcylΔPEshell=ΔPEsphere=ΔPEcyl  (e) ΔPEsphere>ΔPEshell>ΔPEcyl

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A solid sphere, a thin spherical shell, and a solid cylinder each have a radius of 3 cm and a mass of 5 kg. They each start from rest and roll without slipping down a hill with a height of 7 m. Rank the change in potential energy of the objects as they go from the top to the bottom of the hill.
 (a) ΔPEshell>ΔPEsphere>ΔPEcylΔPEshell>ΔPEsphere>ΔPEcyl
 (b) ΔPEsphere>ΔPEcyl>ΔPEshellΔPEsphere>ΔPEcyl>ΔPEshell
 (c) ΔPEshell>ΔPEcyl>ΔPEsphereΔPEshell>ΔPEcyl>ΔPEsphere
 (d) ΔPEshell=ΔPEsphere=ΔPEcylΔPEshell=ΔPEsphere=ΔPEcyl
 (e) ΔPEsphere>ΔPEshell>ΔPEcyl

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