Nuclear fission is possible because the binding energy per nucleon ...

  • A
    increases with increasing mass number at low mass numbers.
  • B
    decreases with increasing mass number at low mass numbers.
  • C
    increases with increasing mass number at high mass numbers.
  • D
    decreases with increasing mass number at high mass numbers.

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