PhysicsEasy183×since 2002Q6039If MO{M_O}MO is the mass of an oxygen isotope 8O17{}_8{O^{17}}8O17 , Mp{M_p}Mp and MN{M_N}MN are the masses of a proton and neutron respectively, the nuclear binding energy of the isotope isA(MO−17MN)C2\left( {{M_O} - 17{M_N}} \right){C^2}(MO−17MN)C2B(MO−8MP)C2\left( {{M_O} - 8{M_P}} \right){C^2}(MO−8MP)C2C(MO−8MP−9MN)C2\left( {{M_O} - 8{M_P} - 9{M_N}} \right){C^2}(MO−8MP−9MN)C2DMOc2{{M_O}{c^2}}MOc2Check answerSkip