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Beryllium has a nucleus composed of protons and neutrons. Given the data, how many neutrons are in a typical Beryllium nucleus? A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 9
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Beryllium has a nucleus composed of protons and neutrons. Given the data, how many neutrons are in a typical Beryllium nucleus?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 9

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I believe the answer is C
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Beryllium has a mass number of 9 and 4 protons. To find the number of neutrons you need to subtract the number of protons from the mass number. so...
neutrons = mass - # protons
neutrons = 9 - 4 = 5
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