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Chapter 42.4, Problem 1CE
Return to the first Chapter-Opening Question, page 1131, and answer it again now. Try to explain why you may have answered it differently the first time.
The Sun is powered by
- (a) nuclear alpha decay.
- (b) nuclear beta decay.
- (c) nuclear gamma decay.
- (d) nuclear fission.
- (e) nuclear fusion.
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