Experimentally,strange particles can be produced in abundance,but they decay relatively slowly.This occurs because strangeness
A)is conserved in both their production and decay.
B)is conserved in their production but not in their decay.
C)is conserved in their decay but not in their production.
D)is not conserved in either their production or their decay.

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Strange particles are produced through the strong interaction and they decay through the weak interaction. In strong interactions, strangeness is conserved, meaning that the total strangeness of the initial particles equals the total strangeness of the final particles. However, in weak interactions, strangeness may change by an amount of ΔS = ±1. Therefore, strangeness is conserved in the production of strange particles, but not in their decay. This is why strange particles can be produced in abundance, but decay relatively slowly.

Experimentally,strange Particles Can Be Produced in Abundance,but They Decay Relatively