Capacitance of an isolated conducting sphere of radius $R_{1}$ becomes $n$ times when it is enclosed by a concentric conducting sphere of radius $R_{2}$ connected to earth. The ratio of their radii $\left(\frac{ R _{2}}{ R _{1}}\right)$ is:

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  • A

    $\frac{ n }{ n -1}$

  • B

    $\frac{2 n}{2 n+1}$

  • C

    $\frac{ n +1}{ n }$

  • D

    $\frac{2 n+1}{n}$

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