College Physics
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Author: Paul Peter Urone, OpenStax, Roger Hinrichs
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Chapter 33, Problem 19PE
(a) What is the uncertainty in the energy released in the decay of a due to its short lifetime?
(b) What traction of the decay energy is this, noting that the decay mode is (so that all the mass is destroyed)?
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