Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-32162-592-2

Chapter 30 - Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity - Misconceptual Questions - Page 880: 2

Answer

Choice B.

Work Step by Step

To take the nucleus apart into separate nucleons, energy must be added to it. A nucleus has less mass-energy than the protons and neutrons that comprise it.
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