Solved: An alpha particle with kinetic energy 7.70 MeV

Chapter 37, Problem 59

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An alpha particle with kinetic energy 7.70 MeV collides with an 14N nucleus at rest, and the two transform into an 170 nucleus and a proton. The proton is emitted at 90 to the direction of the incident alpha particle and has a kinetic energy of 4.44 MeV. The masses of the various particles are alpha particle, 4.00260 u; 14N, 14.00307 u; proton, 1.007825 u; and 170,16.99914 u. In MeV, what are (a) the kinetic energy of the oxygen nucleus and (b) the Q of the reaction? (Hint: The speeds of the particles are much less than c.)

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