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A neutron at rest decays (breaks up) to a proton and an electron. Energy is released in the decay and appears as the kinetic energy of the proton and electron. The mass of a proton is 1836 times the mass of an electron.

What fraction of the total energy released goes into the kinetic energy of the proton?

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Ankit Lal
Ankit LalLv10
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