JEE Main 2023 Physics question

PhysicsNucleiJEE Main 2023

A nucleus with mass number 242 and binding energy per nucleon as 7.6 MeV breaks into two fragment each with mass number 121. If each fragment nucleus has binding energy per nucleon as 8.1 MeV, the total gain in binding energy isMeV.

Answer: 121

Solution

Question ID VK-035752