A nucleus with mass number \(240\) breaks into fragments each of mass number \(120.\) The binding energy per nucleon of unfragmented nuclei is \(7.6~\text{MeV}\) while that of fragments is \(8.5~\text{MeV}.\) The total gain in the binding energy in the process is:
| 1. | \(804~\text{MeV}\) | 2. | \(216~\text{MeV}\) |
| 3. | \(0.9~\text{MeV}\) | 4. | \(9.4~\text{MeV}\) |