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Humans share ~60% of their DNA with a banana — we're more similar to fruit than you'd think.
A radioactive nucleus undergoes spontaneous decay in the sequence where Z is the Z atomic number of element X. The possible decay particles in the sequence are:
To solve this problem, we need to analyze the decay sequence of the radioactive nucleus The sequence is: Let's break down each step of the decay:1. • In this step, the atomic number decreases by 1, which indicates a decay.• In decay, a proton is converted into a neutron, emitting a positron () and a neutrino.2. • Here, the atomic number decreases by 2, which is characteristic of decay.• In decay, an particle (He) is emitted, reducing the atomic number by 2 and the mass number by 4.3. • In this step, the atomic number increases by 1, indicating a decay.• In decay, a neutron is converted into a proton, emitting an electron () and an antineutrino.Therefore, the sequence of decay particles is: This corresponds to Option 3.
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