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You are a paleontology professor working at a dig site looking for fossils. You come across a deposit that is emitting radiation. Upon further testing you find that the sample is changing from carbon (atomic number 6) into nitrogen (atomic number 7) as radiation is emitted. What type of radiation is it?

A. Gamma
B. Delta
C. Beta
D. Alpha

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The type of radiation in this scenario is Beta and is denoted as option C.

What is Beta radiation?

This is a high-speed electron which is emitted when the nucleus undergoes a radioactive decay during the process of beta decay.

In this scenario the electron is denoted as e with a superscript and subscript of 0 and -1 respectively which is the reason for the change from carbon to nitrogen.

Read more about Beta radiation here https://brainly.com/question/16645044

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