In a nuclear-fusion reaction, two deuterium nuclei combine to make a helium nucleus plus

Chapter 33, Problem 56

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In a nuclear-fusion reaction, two deuterium nuclei combine to make a helium nucleus plus a neutron, releasing 3.3 MeV of energy in the process. By how much do the combined masses of the helium nucleus and the neutron differ from the combined masses of the original deuterium nuclei?

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