well, my solution was for a diff question.
coming to this one, yes 4 is correct.
At 400K the rms speed of gas X (MW=40) is equal to the most probable speed of gas Y at 60K.
The molecular weigth of the gas Y is
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well, my solution was for a diff question.
coming to this one, yes 4 is correct.
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mass number decreases by 24
so 6 alpha particles.
and atomic number is 2 more than wat should have been after alpha emission. so 2 beta particles.
over all 8