A nucleus ${}_Z^AX$ has mass represented by M(A, Z). If Mp and Mn denote the mass of proton and neutron respectively and B.E. the binding energy in MeV, then

Question

A nucleus ${}_Z^AX$ has mass represented by M(A, Z). If M_p and M_n denote the mass of proton and neutron respectively and B.E. the binding energy in MeV, then

B.E. = [ZM_p + (A $-$ Z)M_n $-$ M(A, Z)]c²

B.E. = [ZM_p + AM_p $-$ M(A, Z)]c²

B.E. = M(A, Z) $-$ ZM_p $-$ (A $-$ Z)M_n

B.E. = [M(A, Z) $-$ ZM_p $-$ (A $-$ Z)M_n]c²

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