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AP Physics C: Mechanics
7.5 Simple and Physical Pendulums
5.6 Newton’s Second Law in Rotational Form
5.4 Rotational Inertia
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Two separate line drawings side by side against a white background, each depicting a sphere suspended from a horizontal ceiling. On the left, labeled Solid sphere, a shaded gray circle represents a solid sphere of radius \(R\) and mass \(M\). A small black circular pivot dot is fixed to the top edge of the circle and connected to the ceiling line. A vertical dashed line passes through the pivot dot and the center of the circle. On the right, labeled Spherical shell, an unshaded white circle with a thick dark circular outline represents a thin spherical shell of the same radius \(R\) and mass \(M\), attached to a ceiling line by a small black circular pivot dot at its top edge, with an identical vertical dashed centerline. Both circles show a horizontal dashed line segment indicating the radius labeled \(R\) from the center to the right edge. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Solid sphere and thin hollow spherical shell pivoted at their topmost points.
A uniform solid sphere and a thin hollow spherical shell, each having mass \(M\) and radius \(R\), are suspended from frictionless horizontal pivots attached to their topmost points, as shown. When both spheres are displaced by the same small initial angle and released from rest, the hollow shell is observed to oscillate with a longer period than the solid sphere. Which of the following best explains why the hollow spherical shell has a longer oscillation period than the solid sphere?

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