Posted by bjc on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 1:00am.
The vertical distance that it falls determines the speed, in the frictional case. The component of the weight in the direction along the slope determines the acceleration.
The acceleration ig g sin theta along the plane.
Friction makes things more complicated. You need a certain minimum tilt angle to overcome friction and move at all.
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