A round body of radius in a fixed cylinder of radius has center of mass path radius . With orbital angle and spin angular velocity both positive about the same axis, rolling without slipping gives . For moment of inertia , its kinetic energy is . Release from rest at angle gives, by conservation of energy, a descent time times that of frictionless sliding along the same center of mass path. The spin sign reverses if its positive direction is chosen opposite to the orbital angle.
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