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Magnesium has three naturally occurring isotopes with masses of 23.99, 24.99, and 25.98 amu and natural abundances of 78.99%, 10.00%, and 11.01%, respectively. calculate the atomic mass of magnesium.

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atomic mass of magnesium = (23.99 x 78.99%) + (24.99 x 10.00%) + (25.98 x 11.01%)
= 24.31 g/mol
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