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Oxygen decays to form nitrogen. 15 8 O → 15 7 N + 0 1 e This type of nuclear decay is called .

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Hey yall its beta plus decay

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Answer:
\beta^+ decay

Explanation: General representation of an element is given as:
_Z^A\textrm{X} where,

Z represents Atomic number

A represents Mass number

X represents the symbol of an element


\beta^+: It is a type of decay process, in which a proton gets converted to neutron and an electron neutrino. This is also known as
\beta ^+-decay. In this the mass number remains same.


_A^Z\textrm{X}\rightarrow _(Z-1)^A\textrm{Y}+_(+1)^0e


_8^(15)\textrm{O}\rightarrow _(7)^(15)\textrm{N}+_(+1)^0\beta

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