Radon-222 ( ) decays to polonium-218 ( )

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Problem

Radon-222 (

^{222}_{86}\text{Rn}

) decays to polonium-218 (

^{218}_{84}\text{Po}

). Identify the decay mode and write the balanced nuclear equation for this process using nuclide notation.