- Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation:
Experimentally, it is found that the average radius of a nucleus is given by $\text{R}=\text{R}_0\text{A}\frac{1}{3}$ where $\text{R}_0=1.1\times10_{15}$and A = mass number
The volume of a nucleus is $\text{V}=\frac{4}{3}\pi\text{R}^3=\frac{4}{3}\pi\text{R}_0^3\text{A}$ Now as the masses of a proton and a neutron are roughly equal, say m, the mass of a nucleus is also roughly proportional to the mass number A, M = mA Hence density within a nucleus, $\rho=\frac{\text{M}}{\text{V}}-=\frac{\text{mA}}{\frac{4}{3}\pi\text{R}_0^3\text{A}}$
$=\frac{\text{m}}{\frac{4}{3}\pi\text{R}_0^3}$