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The red sphere represents a proton.

What is the atomic number of this atom?
Explain how you found the atomic number.​

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The question is incomplete! There's missing the image with the red spheres.

Answer:

Number of protons = number of red spheres.

Step-by-step explanation:

The atomic number (Z) is a representation of the number of protons at the nuclei of an atom, and, for a neutral atom, it also represents the number of electrons.

It's important to know the atomic number because by it the elements are organized at the periodic table, and so it's possible to identify some physical and chemical properties of the atom.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

THE ATOMIC NUMBER IS 1 . BECAUSE ATOMIC NUMBER IS EQUAL TO NUMBER OF PROTONS AND THE SPHERE INDICATES ONE PROTON. NUCLEUS HAVE NOT DEFINED BOUNDARIES SO IT IS CLEAR

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