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Two metallic balls of mass `m` are suspended by two strings of length `L`. The distance between upper ends is `l`. The angle at which the string will be inclined with vertical due to attraction is `(m lt lt M` where M is the mass of Earth)

A

(a) `tan^(-1)((Gm)/(gl^(2)))`

B

(b) `tan^(-1)((Gm)/(gL^(2)))`

C

(c) `tan^(-1)((Gm)/(gl))`

D

(d) `tan^(-1)((Gm)/(gL))`

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