Two charged spherical conductors of radius $R_{1}$ and $\mathrm{R}_{2}$ are connected by a wire. Then the ratio of surface charge densities of the spheres $\left(\sigma_{1} / \sigma_{2}\right)$ is :

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  • A

    $\frac{\mathrm{R}_{1}}{\mathrm{R}_{2}}$

  • B

    $\frac{R_{2}}{R_{1}}$

  • C

    $\sqrt{\left(\frac{\mathrm{R}_{1}}{\mathrm{R}_{2}}\right)}$

  • D

    $\frac{\mathrm{R}_{1}^{2}}{\mathrm{R}_{2}^{2}}$

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