Two identically charged pith balls are suspended from the same point by two massless identical threads. The density of each ball is $\rho$. If the system is immersed in a medium of density $\sigma$ and the balls remain at the same angle of deflection,then the dielectric constant of the medium is:

  • A
    $\frac{\rho}{\rho - \sigma}$
  • B
    $\frac{\rho - \sigma}{\rho}$
  • C
    $\frac{\sigma}{\rho - \sigma}$
  • D
    $\frac{\rho - \sigma}{\sigma}$

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