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If you were rolling a toy car down an incline, what would happen if you made the incline steeper? Explain why this happens using Newton's Laws.

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Answer: When you drop the object, this potential energy is converted into kinetic energy, or the energy of motion. So when you roll a ball down a ramp, it has the most potential energy when it is at the top, and this potential energy is converted to both transnational and rotational kinetic energy as it rolls down.

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