A nuclide of 29 to the 64th power Cu absorbs a positron. Which is the resulting atom?

A positron has mass number 0 and atomic number +1. When copper-64 absorbs one, the mass number stays 64 while the atomic number increases from 29 to 30. Element 30 is zinc, so the result is zinc-64, choice C.

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