Consider a spherical drop of mercury of radius $R$ with capacitance $C = 4 \pi \epsilon_0 R$. If two such droplets combine to form a larger one,what would be its capacitance in terms of $C$?

  • A
    $3^{1/3} C$
  • B
    $3^{2/3} C$
  • C
    $2^{2/3} C$
  • D
    $2^{1/3} C$

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