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Question

Choose the CORRECT statement(s)

Options

A. Mass of products formed is less that the original mass in nuclear fission and nuclear reactions.
B.Binding every per nucleon increases in α - decay and β - decay
C.mass number is conserved in all nuclear reactions.
D.atomic number is conserved in all nuclear reactions.

Solution

Fusion and fission are always exothermic  and  &  decay will result in more stable product.
Mass number is conserved but atomic number is not conserved.   
, = M + 0 and A may not be equal to B + C

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