Passage III
An elevated inclined plane makes, an angle, θ, with a floor. Points A and B on the inclined plane are 0.50 m apart. Point B is at a height H above the floor (see Figure 1).
A solid metal sphere is released from rest at Point A and travels down the inclined plane to Point B. The sphere is in free fall between Points B and C and first hits the floor at Point C, a horizontal distance X from the bottom of the inclined plane.
Figure 2 shows how X varies with 
for different H if the sphere rolls from Point A to Point B. Figure 3 shows h.ow X varies with for different H if the sphere slides from Point A to Point B.
14. For the sphere sliding down the inclined plane, and H = 2.0 m, if X had been plotted every 2.5° instead of every 5° between = 5° and = 45°, X would most likely have been greatest at which of the following ?
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is H
Explanation
Looking at figure 3, if the abscissa is refined to record every 2.5°, it can be inferred that the maximum value of X appears in the range of 25°-30°, so the abscissa within this range should be 27.5°