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Plutonium-244 decays by successive α, β, β, α emissions.  What nucleus is produced?    Ra-236 Th-236  U-240  Th-234  U-236 I answered Th-236 but it is wrong.

Plutonium-244 decays by successive α, β, β, α emissions.  What nucleus is produced?    Ra-236 Th-236  U-240  Th-234  U-236 I answered Th-236 but it is wrong.

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Plutonium-244 decays by successive α, β, β, α emissions.  What nucleus is produced?
  
Ra-236
Th-236 
U-240 
Th-234 
U-236

I answered Th-236 but it is wrong.
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