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Question 13

A record is made of the emissions from one nucleus during a decay chain.

Type of emissionNumber recorded
alpha1
beta-minus or beta-plus3

The record does not show which of the beta emissions were beta-minus and which were beta-plus.

The original nucleus contains 70 protons and 100 neutrons. The final nucleus contains 67 protons.

Calculate the number of beta-minus decays and the number of beta-plus decays. Compare the number of neutrons in the final nucleus with the number in the original nucleus.

Show your working.

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