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The radius of the nucleus of an atom whose mass number is 125 is
PhysicsAtomic PhysicsAP EAMCETAP EAMCET 2023 (15 May Shift 2)
Options:
  • A $1 \times 10^{-15} \mathrm{~m}$
  • B $6 \times 10^{-15} \mathrm{~m}$
  • C $10 \times 10^{-15} \mathrm{~m}$
  • D $16 \times 10^{-15} \mathrm{~m}$
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The correct answer is: $6 \times 10^{-15} \mathrm{~m}$
$\begin{aligned} & R=R_0 A^{1 / 3} \\ & =1.2 \times 10^{-15} \times(125)^{1 / 3} \\ & =1.2 \times 10^{-15} \times(5)^{3 \times \frac{1}{3}} \\ & =6 \times 10^{-15} \mathrm{~m} .\end{aligned}$

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