Question

Use the equation to complete the activity.

86 ^ 219 Rn 84 ^ 215 Po + alpha

The nuclear equation shows the transmutation of a form of radon into polonium and an alpha particle. In one to two sentences, explain whether or not the reaction is balanced.

(2 points)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The reaction is balanced because the sum of the atomic numbers and the sum of the mass numbers on both sides of the arrow are equal. The alpha particle has an atomic number of 2 and a mass number of 4, which accounts for the difference in atomic numbers between radon and polonium.