Question

Imagine that you slide your textbook across a gymnasium floor with a certain initial speed.
It quickly stops moving because of friction between it and the floor. Yet, if you were to start
a basketball rolling with the same initial speed, it would probably keep rolling from one end
of the gym to the other. Why does a basketball roll so far? Doesn’t friction affect its motion?​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

Friction does effect the rolling basket ball, it helps it to keep rolling untill pure rolling is achieved.

During pure rolling the point of contact of the ball with the floor is at rest with respect to floor and we know friction only occurs when there is relative motion between surface.

So when pure rolling is achieved there is no frictional damping.

In other words friction doesn't effect the rolling ball the same as it does for pure translation.