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Show that the nuclide `.^8Be` has a positive binding energy but is unstable with respect to decay into two alpa particles, where masses of neutron, `.^1H`, and `.^8 Be` are `1.008665` u, `1.007825 u`, and `8.005305 u`, respectively.

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