Elongation of a hanging wire

Consider a non uniform wire of length L L hung vertically from the ceiling whose density varies ρ ( x ) = ρ o ( 1 x L ) \rho(x) = \rho_{o} ( 1 - \frac{x}{L} ) where ρ o \rho_{o} is a constant and distance x x is measured from top.Young 's modulus of wire is known to be Y Y .Assuming that the gravitational field strength is uniform in the region the elongation produced in the wire can be expressed as

Δ x = α ρ o g L 2 / β Y \Delta x = \alpha \rho_{o} g L^2 / \beta Y where α \alpha and β \beta are co-prime integers constants in their simplest form.What is α + β \alpha + \beta ?


Original. Inspiration from Irodov problem 1.298 1.298 .


The answer is 4.

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