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A radioactive nucleus undergoes a series of decay according to the scheme AαA1 βA2 αA3 γA4.
If the mass number and atomic number of A are 180 and 72 respectively. The mass numbers of A4 is (integer only)

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172.00
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172
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172.0
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Solution

Given, 72A180

The given process can be expressed as follows,

AαA1βA2αA3γA4

72A180 α 70A1761 β 71A1762 α 69A1723 γ69A1724

Thus, the mass number of A4 is 172

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