How beta decay stabilize nucleus even if it increases Coulomb repulsion due to increase in atomic no.?

Dear student,
Nuclei that contain too many neutrons often undergo beta decay,
in which a neutron is converted to a proton and a high energy electron that is ejected from the nucleus a beta particle.
although beta decay doesnot change the mass no of the nucleus ,it does result in a increase of +1 in the atomic no because of the addition of the proton in daughter nucleus,,thus beta decay decreases the neutron to proton ratio moving towards the band of stable nuclei.
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