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Two small metallic spheres each of mass ‘m’ are suspended together with strings of length 'l' and placed together. When a quantum of charge ‘q’ is transferred to each, the strings make an angle of `90^@` with each other. The value of ‘q’ is

A

`lsqrt(piepsilonmg)`

B

`lsqrt(2piepsilon_0mg)`

C

`lsqrt(4piepsilon_0mg)`

D

`lsqrt(8piepsilon_0mg)`

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