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Question 31

A computer model gives these results for two successive emissions, X and Y, from an unstable nucleus.

StageNumber of protonsNumber of neutronsEnergy above the lowest energy arrangement / keV
before emission X2936not recorded
after emission X and before emission Y3035780
after emission Y3035120

A student concludes that emission X was beta-plus radiation and emission Y was gamma radiation.

Evaluate the student's conclusion.

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