Nucleus A having Z=17 and equal number of protons and neutrons has 1.2 ~MeV binding energy per nucleon. Another nucleus B of Z=12 has total 26 nucleons and 1.8 ~MeV binding energy per nucleons. The difference of binding energy of B and A will be _ _ _ _ _ _ M eV.

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Nucleus A having

Z=17

and equal number of protons and neutrons has

1.2 ~\mathrm{MeV}

binding energy per nucleon. Another nucleus

\mathrm{B}

Z=12

has total 26 nucleons and

1.8 ~\mathrm{MeV}

binding energy per nucleons. The difference of binding energy of

\mathrm{B}

and

\mathrm{A}

will be _____________

\mathrm{MeV}

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