Find the Nuclear Binding Energy of Potassium-40 (Atomic Mass =

Find the nuclear binding energy of potassium-40 (atomic mass = 39.9632591 amu) in units of joules per nucleon.[Data: neutron mass = 1.674928 × 10^-24 g; proton mass = 1.672623 × 10^-24g; electron mass = 9.109387 × 10^-28 g; N_A = 6.0221367 × 10²³ /mol; c = 2.99792458 × 10⁸ m/s]

A) 1.37 × 10^-12 J/nucleon
B) 5.48 × 10^-11 J/nucleon
C) 5.64 × 10^-11 J/nucleon
D) 1.41 × 10^-12 J/nucleon
E) 2.97 × 10^-12 J/nucleon

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