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Mass Defect & Binding Energy

If $M_O$ is the mass of an oxygen isotope ${}_{8}O^{17}, M_p$ and $M_N$ are the masses of a proton and neutron respectively, the nuclear binding energy of the isotope is

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Answer: (c)

${}_{8}O^{17}$ has 8 protons and $17 - 8 = 9$ neutrons.
Mass defect $\Delta m = 8M_P + 9M_N - M_O$ ; binding energy $= \Delta m\, c^2$ .
Option (c) $(M_O - 8M_P - 9M_N)c^2$ has the same magnitude.
So the answer is (c).

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