A capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery is removed and another identical uncharged capacitor is connected in parallel. The total electrostatic energy of resulting system :

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$\begin{array}{1 1} \text{(1) increases by a factor of 4} \\ \text{(2) decreases by a factor of 2} \\ \text{ (3) remains the same} \\ \text{(4) increases by a factor of 2} \end{array}$