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Fission of nuclei is possible because th...

Fission of nuclei is possible because the binding energy per nuclei in them

A

increases with mass number at high mass number

B

decreases with mass number at high mass number

C

increases with mass number at low mass numbers

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decreases with mass number at low mass numbers

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