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Given a radioactive decay, that begins with    and ends with .

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

In the process of alpha decay, there is the emission of a helium nucleus from an unstable nucleus. The mass number of resultant nuclides decreases by   units and the atomic number decreases by   units. 

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