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Q.

The mass of a nucleus in its ground state is

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a

 less than the total mass of neutrons and protons

b

equal to the total mass of neutron, protons and electrons

c

greater than the total mass of neutrons and Protons

d

equal to the total mass of neutrons and protons.

answer is A.

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Protons and neutrons have to come very close to form a nucleus. ln order to achieve this closeness, a lot of energy is required. This energy is provided by the nucleons at the expense of certain portion of their masses. For this reason, the mass of a nucleus in its ground state is always less than the total mass of the constituent neutrons and protons.

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