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In an atom, if you change the number of neutrons you get a(n)

-ion
-isotope
-different element

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Answer: Isotope

Explanation: It's an isotope because isotopes are atoms with the same number of protons but different neutrons. Ions are atoms have different number of electrons and it wouldn't be a different element because the atom still has the same number of protons.

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