Physics

Physics

Problem

A uniform metal chain of mass mm and length LL passes over a massless and frictionless pulley. It is released from rest with a part of its length ℓ\ell is hanging on one side and rest of its length L−ℓL-\ell is hanging on the other side of the pully. At a certain point of time, when ℓ=Lx\ell=\frac{L}{x}, the acceleration of the chain is g2\frac{g}{2}. The value of xx is _____. ![](![Diagram showing a uniform chain of total length L passing over a pulley. The length hanging on the left side is labeled l, and the length hanging on the right side is labeled L-l.](https://storage.googleapis.com/diraq-contents/homework-question-parsing/marker/20260106T182719Z/02a3f01d74b44077a022dd48fb45c442/64662465bba247703fdec49c8f3309f9_img.jpg)) (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 1.5 (d) 4

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