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List the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in....( there is a pic)

List the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in....( there is a pic)-example-1
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The element shown is Carbon.
It has an atomic number (lower number) of 6 which means it has 6 protons. The number of neutrons is the atomic mass (higher number), 13, minus the atomic number. So the number of neutrons is 7. The number of electrons is the same as the number of protons in a neutral atom (which in this case, it is), so the number of electrons is 6.
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