PRACTICE / Nuclear size

Size grows more slowly than nucleon count

In the model R = r₀A^(1/3), compare nuclei with mass numbers 216 and 27.

Find R216/R27.

1. A$8$
2. B$\sqrt8$
3. C$1/2$
4. D$2$

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