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Two identical charged spheres of material density p, suspended from the same point by inextensible strings of equal length make an angle `theta` between the strings, when suspended in a liquid of density `sigma` the angle `theta` remains the same. The dielectric constant K of the liquid is

A

`p/(p-sigma)`

B

`(p-sigma)/p`

C

`(sigma+p)/(sigma-p)`

D

`(p+sigma)/p`

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