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OpenStudy (j3nny0rtiz):

please help me ill give medal Suppose 3 neutrons are released by an atom of U-235 in the first stage of a fission chain reaction. Each of these neutrons has enough energy to cause another fission reaction in another nucleus of U-235, releasing more neutrons. And if all of those 2nd stage neutrons cause other nuclei to fission in a 3rd stage, how many total U-235 atoms will have undergone fission after these 3 stages of the chain reaction? A. 27 B. 9 C. 11 D. 12

OpenStudy (wayneg):

option c

OpenStudy (j3nny0rtiz):

how did you get 11?

OpenStudy (welshfella):

the first stage involves one atom , second stage involves 3 atoms right?

OpenStudy (welshfella):

agreed?

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