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Outside the nucleus, the neutron itself is radioactive anddecays into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino. Thehalf-life of a neutron (mass = 1.675 × 10-27 kg) outside thenucleus is 10.4 min. On average, over what distance x would a beamof 5.55-eV neutrons travel before the number of neutrons decreasedto 75.0% of its initial value? Ignore relativistic effects.

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value of decay constant 0693t12 069310460 000111andNt Noet075 No No    See Answer
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