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How to I find the number of electrons in and Atom?

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Look at the atomic number of an element on the periodic table which is the smaller number.
The atomic number shows the number of protons/electrons so the number of protons and electrons are the same.
Whereas the mass number of an element (the other number) is the number of protons + neutrons.
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