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Two balls of same mass and carrying equal charge are hung by threads of length $l$ from a fixed support. At electrostatic equilibrium, assuming that angles made by each thread is small, the separation, $x$ between the balls is proportional to:

Option 1 -

$l$

Option 2 -

$l^{2}$

Option 3 -

$l^{2 / 3}$

Option 4 -

$l^{1 / 3}$

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