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A carbon nucleus and an iron nucleus are initially located 9.22 nm apart from one another. How much work would it take to move the carbon nucleus to a new distance of 3.06 nm from the iron nucleus?
29.4 eV
49.0 eV
58.8 eV
83.3 eV
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