On paper, make a careful scale drawing of the two rhenium nuclei just after fission, and label the drawing with the distances that you just calculated. if the two rhenium nuclei are nearly touching, this would be consistent with our model of fission, in which the th-228 nucleus fissions into two pieces that are initially nearly at rest. how big is the gap between the surfaces of the two nuclei? (if you have done the calculations correctly, you will indeed find that the gap is a rather small fraction of the center-to-center distance, which means that our simple model for the fission process is a pretty good model.)

think its the third option

the answer is the index of refraction of the second medium is higher. i just took the test.

answer: the potential energy decreases from 379 j to 243 j

explanation:

for the law of conservation of energy, the total energy in a system must be conserved. the total energy of the system is given by the sum of kinetic (k) and potential (u) energy:

e = k + u

the total energy is e=675 j, and this does not change.

initially, the kinetic energy is k=296 j, so the potential energy is

at the end, the kinetic energy is k=432 j, so the potential energy is

so, we see that the potential energy has decreased from 379 j to 243 j.