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title: "A carbon-14 (\\(^{14}_{6}\\text{C}\\)) nucleus undergoes beta-minus (\\(\\beta^-\\)) decay to produce a daughter nucleus, an electron, and an electron antineutrino. Which of the following correctly identifies the resulting daughter nucleus and compares its proton count to that of the parent carbon-14 nucleus?"
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# A carbon-14 (\(^{14}_{6}\text{C}\)) nucleus undergoes beta-minus (\(\beta^-\)) decay to produce a daughter nucleus, an electron, and an electron antineutrino. Which of the following correctly identifies the resulting daughter nucleus and compares its proton count to that of the parent carbon-14 nucleus?

A carbon-14 (\(^{14}_{6}\text{C}\)) nucleus undergoes beta-minus (\(\beta^-\)) decay to produce a daughter nucleus, an electron, and an electron antineutrino. Which of the following correctly identifies the resulting daughter nucleus and compares its proton count to that of the parent carbon-14 nucleus?

- **A.** Daughter nucleus: \(^{14}_{7}\text{N}\) ; Proton count: 1 less than parent nucleus
- **B.** Daughter nucleus: \(^{14}_{5}\text{B}\) ; Proton count: 1 less than parent nucleus
- **C.** Daughter nucleus: \(^{14}_{5}\text{B}\) ; Proton count: 1 greater than parent nucleus
- **D.** Daughter nucleus: \(^{14}_{7}\text{N}\) ; Proton count: 1 greater than parent nucleus

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