Why Do Nuclear Mass and Charge Distributions Follow the Same Function?

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why do we say that nuclear mass distribution and nuclear charge distribution follows the same function while nucleus has both charged and uncharged particles?
 
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Because we expect the neutrons and protons to follow approximately the same distributions.
 

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