What happens when a positron finds an electron? Group of answer choices They combine to form a neutron. They combine to form a proton. They annihilate each other forming gamma rays. They annihilate each other forming neutrinos.

What happens when a positron finds an electron? Group of answer choices They combine to form a neutron. They combine to form a proton. They annihilate each other forming gamma rays. They annihilate each other forming neutrinos.

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They combine to form a neutron.

They combine to form a proton.

They annihilate each other forming gamma rays.

They annihilate each other forming neutrinos.

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