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Which of the following correctly represents the radioactive decay of cesium-137?

Which of the following correctly represents the radioactive decay of cesium-137?-example-1
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The decay mode of cesium-137 is beta decay. This means that the cesium-137 decays into a beta particle and a nuclide with the same mass number, but with a charge number that is 1 more than that of cesium.

Therefore, this means Cs-137 decays into an electron and Barium-137, meaning the answer is choice 1.
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