Two metallic spheres of mass M are suspended by two strings each of length L.The distance between the upper ends of the strings is L.The angle which the strings  will make with the vertical due to mutual attraction of sphere is (if each mass horizontally moved by a distance of L/4 due to mutual attraction)

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