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Which answer choice best explains why nuclear reactions release more energy than chemical reactions?
Electrostatic forces of repulsion are thousands of times stronger than gravitational forces.
Gravitational forces are thousands of times stronger than electrostatic forces of repulsion.
The force that binds together protons and neutrons is stronger than the force that attracts and repels protons and electrons.
The force that attracts and repels protons and electrons is stronger than the force that binds together protons and neutrons.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"The force that binds together protons and neutrons is stronger than the force that attracts and repels protons and electrons."

Reason: nuclear reactions involve the strong nuclear force and changes in nuclear binding energy (MeV per nucleon), which is orders of magnitude larger than the electromagnetic energies involved in chemical bonds (eV scale).