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Calculate the mass defect and binding energy per nucleon for an alpha particle (containing two protons and two neutrons) whose actual mass is 4.0028 amu (mass of proton = 1.00759 amu, mass of nuetron = 1.00898 amu).

A

`28.3 MeV`

B

`2.83 MeV`

C

`20.5 MeV`

D

`0.238 MeV`

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