BINDING ENERGY PER NUCLEON OF A FIXED NUCLEUS Xa IS 6MeV.IT ABSORBS A NEUTRON MOVING WITH KE=2MeV AND CONVERTS INTO Y AT THE GROUND STATE,EMITTING A PHTON OF ENERGY 1MeV.THE BINDING ENERGY PER NUCLEON PER NUCLEON OF Y (IN MeV) IS
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15th October 2017,
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Let Mass Number of Xa is A.
After absorbing neutron the mass number increases by A+1.
Here 2 MeV is absorbed by Xa, then converted to Y and 1 MeV photon energy is emiited.
Then excess 1 MeV is stored in Y as excess Binding energy
then Binding energy per nucleon = 
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