Answer:
Oxygen-16 (16o) is a stable isotope of oxygen, having 8 neutrons and 8 protons in its nucleus.
Explanation:
<u>Answer:</u> The beta-particle is being released in the reaction and the nucleus is changing from to nitrogen.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Carbon-14 undergoes a radioactive decay by the process of beta-minus decay.
In beta-minus decay, a neutron gets converted to a proton and an electron.
The equation for the beta-minus decay of carbon-14 follows the reaction:

In this reaction beta-particle is being released carrying -1 charge. Another name for this particle is known as electron.
In this decay process, the nucleus is changing from carbon to nitrogen. The property of the nucleus is changing completely as number of protons is getting increased.
We see in the given name of the hydrocarbon that the root word is pentane from 2,2,4-trimethylpentane. Pentane is a hydrocarbon chain that contains 5 carbon atoms. Therefore, the answer to this item is 5 carbons.