A 72.0 kg swimmer jumps into the old swimming hole from a tree limb that is 3.90 m above the water. A. Use energy conservation to find his speed just as he hits the water if he just holds his nose and drops in.
b) Use energy conservation to find his speed just he hits the water if he bravely jumps straight up (but just beyond the board!) at 2.90 m/s .
c) Use energy conservation to find his speed just he hits the water if he manages to jump downward at 2.90 m/s .

answer: the correct answer is 1.

explanation: there are various process in which a radioactive nuclei decays:

1) alpha decay: in this process, a heavier nuclei decays into lighter nuclei by releasing alpha particle. the mass number is reduced by 4 units.

2) electron capture: in this decay process, a parent nuclei absorbs an electron and gets converted into a neutron. simply, a proton and an electron combines together to form a neutron. mass number does not change in this process.

3) gamma ray emission: it is a decay process in which an unstable nuclei gives excess energy by a spontaneous electromagnetic process. this decay releases . this process does not change the mass number.

4) positron emission: it is a type of decay process, in which a proton gets converted to neutron and an electron neutrino. this is also known as -decay. in this the mass number remains same.

from the above information, we see that only alpha-decay is producing a change in the mass number of the nucleus.