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It is estimated that the atomic bomb exploded at Hiroshima released a total energy of `7.6xx10^(13)J`. If on the average, 200MeV energy was released per fission, calculate
(i) the number of Uranium atoms fissioned,
(ii) the mass of Uranium used in the bomb.

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