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What element is this? How do you know?
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What element is this? How do you know? Pls help!!-example-1

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The element is helium.

We know this because if you look at the periodic table, Helium has an atomic number of 2, meaning that it has 2 protons.

To solve for neutrons, we simply subtract the mass by its' number. We can round 4.003 to 4, showing that it has 4 - 2 = 2 neutrons

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That element is Helium.

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