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Question
A nucleus decays to produce a nucleus with one additional proton. Which type of decay did the nucleus undergo?(1 point)
Responses

beta-plus decay
beta-plus decay

alpha decay
alpha decay

beta-minus decay
beta-minus decay

gamma decay

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
beta-minus decay — a neutron converts to a proton (emitting an electron and an antineutrino), increasing the proton number by one.