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In carbon-Nitrogen fusion cycle, protons are fused to from a helium nucleus, positrons and release some energy. The number of protons fused and the number of positrons released in this process respectively are

A

`4,4`

B

`4,2`

C

`2,4`

D

`4,6`

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