Water in an electric kettle starts boiling in $15 \ min$ after being switched on. If the length of the heating wire is reduced to $2/3$ of its original length,the time taken to boil the same amount of water will be ........... $min$.

  • A
    $15$
  • B
    $12$
  • C
    $10$
  • D
    $8$

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