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Which statement about electrons and the nucleus is correct?

Correct answer A. They cannot exist inside the nucleus

Explanation

Confining an electron within a nucleus would, by the uncertainty principle, give it an energy of many MeV, far more than observed in beta decay, so electrons cannot exist inside the nucleus.

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