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A simple pendulum of mass m and charge +q is suspended vertically by a massless thread of length l. At the point of suspension, a point charge +q is also fixed. If the pendulum is displaced slightly from equilibrium position, its time period will be

A

`T=2pisqrt(l/(g+(kq^(2))/(ml^(2))))`

B

`T=2pi`

C

`T=2pisqrt(l/g)`

D

will be greater then `2pisqrt(l/g)`

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