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The Nucleus of a Radioactive Atom Captures One of the Atom's

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The nucleus of a radioactive atom captures one of the atom's innermost electrons.When this occurs,what happens to the mass number of the atom?


A) It increases.
B) It decreases.
C) It remains constant.
D) One can't determine what happens to the atomic number using only the information given.

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