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Transcribed Image Text:What can be said about nuclear fusion reactions of the following systems I) (5)B I)
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As the charges of identical small nuclei increase, the energy required to initiate
nuclear fusion of them
System (I) requires more energy to initiate fusion
O System (II) requires less energy to initiate fusion
O System (II) requires more energy to initiate fusion
O System (Ill) requires more energy to initiate fusion
O System (III) requires less energy to initiate fusion
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