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An element X has atomic number 3, relative atomic mass 6.94 and consist of twoisotopes of mass numbers 6 and 7. What is the mass number of the more abundantisotope of X? Give a reason for youranswer.

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An element X has atomic number 3, relative atomic mass 6.94 and consist of twoisotopes of mass numbers 6 and 7. What is the mass number of the more abundantisotope of X? Give a reason for youranswer.

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The mass number of the more abundant isotope of X is 7.

Here's why:

The relative atomic mass of an element is the weighted average of the mass numbers of its isotopes. The weight corresponds to the abundance of each isotope. In this case, the relative atomic mass of X is closer to 7 than to 6, which suggests that the isotope with a mass number of 7 is more abundant.

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