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A ball is rolling without slipping in a spherical shallow bowl (radius $\mathrm{R}$ ) as shown in the figure and is executing simple harmonic motion. If the radius of the ball is doubled, the period of oscillation
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  • A increases slightly
  • B is reduced by a factor of $1 / 2$
  • C is increased by a factor of 2
  • D decreases slightly
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The correct answer is: decreases slightly
$m g \sin \theta-F_{r}=m a$
$F_{r}=\frac{2}{5} m r^{2} \frac{a}{r^{2}}$
$\Rightarrow a=\frac{5}{7} \frac{g \sin \theta}{R-r}$
$\omega=\sqrt{\frac{5 g}{7(R-r)}}$
$\Rightarrow T=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{7(R-r)}{5 r}}$

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