JEE Main 2022 — Laws Of Motion Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Evening Shift
Question
A uniform metal chain of mass m and length 'L' passes over a massless and frictionless pulley. It is released from rest with a part of its length 'l' is hanging on one side and rest of its length '' is hanging on the other side of the pully. At a certain point of time, when , the acceleration of the chain is . The value of x is __________.

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Mass of length
Mass of length
Total mass of chain
From newton's laws of motion
Comparing with given equation, , we get
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