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When a nucleus of a given isotope decays, it
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cannot produce a daughter with a lower mass number. |
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cannot produce a daughter with the same mass number. |
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always produces a daughter with a lower mass number. |
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always produces a daughter with a higher mass number. |
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cannot produce a daughter with a higher mass number. |
Answer: cannot produce a daughter with a higher mass number
Whenever the nucleus of a given isotope decays, the daughter can have the same or lower mass number. Thus, the given first 2 statements are not correct. But it is not true always, so 3rd option is also true. However, the daughter nucleus cannot have higher mass number, so the 4th option is incorrect and the last option is correct.