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Consider a string $\text{P}$ of length $l$ that is laid out as a straight-line segment. Another string $\text{K}$ is laid out as a semicircular arc with string $\text{P}$ as its diameter, as represented in Figure $\text{(i)}.$ When both the strings are shortened by a length $x$ they can be re-arranged such that the shortened string $\text{K}$ forms a full circle with the shortened string $\text{P}$ as its diameter, as represented in Figure $\text{(ii)}.$ The value of $x / l$ is $\_\_\_\_$

  1. $\pi$
  2. $\dfrac{\pi-1}{2 \pi}$
  3. $\dfrac{\pi}{2(\pi-1)}$
  4. $\dfrac{\pi}{\pi-1}$

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