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Each electron can be represented by 4 quantum numbers. The two electrons in the outermost level of strontium are designated at 5 s . How many quantum numbers would these two electrons have in common

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This is a hard one.... hold on lemme think, ok I got it
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Step-by-step explanation:

They are both in shell 5 and subshell s.

Since s only has 1 orbital, they also have the same orbital number.

But they have different magnetic spins.

Hence 3 out of 4 quantum numbers are in common.

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