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= Solution

At zero a centered <normal distribution> with <standard deviation> $\sigma$ has density $1/(\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma)$. The two prior standard deviations are $1/\sqrt{n_0}$ and $c/\sqrt{n_0}$, giving
$$
\boxed{p_0(0)/p_1(0)=c.}
$$
The wider <prior distribution> has a lower density at its center.

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