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A Carbon-14 Nucleus Decays to a Nitrogen-14 Nucleus by Beta-Minus 14.003242u14.003242 \mathrm { u }

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A carbon-14 nucleus decays to a nitrogen-14 nucleus by beta-minus decay. How much energy (in MeV) is released if carbon-14 has a mass of 14.003242u14.003242 \mathrm { u } and nitrogen-14 has a mass of 14.003074u14.003074 \mathrm { u } ? (1u=931.5MeV/c2) \left( 1 \mathrm { u } = 931.5 \mathrm { MeV } / \mathrm { c } ^ { 2 } \right)


A) 0.156MeV0.156 \mathrm { MeV }
B) 0.0156MeV0.0156 \mathrm { MeV }
C) 1.56MeV1.56 \mathrm { MeV }
D) 15.6MeV15.6 \mathrm { MeV }

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