When an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle, one of its neutrons disintegrates into one of the following set of particles. Does it disintegrate into: w) a positron and an electron x) a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino y) a proton, an electron, and a positron z) a neutrino and an antineutrino

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ANSWER: X -- A PROTON, AN ELECTRON AND AN ANTINEUTRINO 

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