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Wave Optics
During alpha decay, the mass number and atomic number goes down by 4 and 2 respectively.
In beta-decay, mass number remains same but, atomic number decreases by 1.
The nuclear reaction is as follows: 
Therefore,
Mass number of product nucleus = m - 4 and,
Atomic number of product nucleus = n - 1.
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