Two balls of same mass and carrying equal charge are hung from a fixed support of length $l$. At electrostatic equilibrium, assuming that angles made by each thread is small, the separation, $x$ between the balls is proportional to :\\
(1) $l$\\
(2) $l ^ { 2 }$\\
(3) $l ^ { 2 / 3 }$\\
(4) $l ^ { 1 / 3 }$