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0896. Calculate the atomic mass of copper if copper-63 is 69.17% abundant and copper-65 is30.83% abundant.

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The atomic mass of the copper is


63*69.17\text{ \% + 65}*30.83\text{ \%}

solve the above expression


63*(69.17)/(100)+65*(30.83)/(100)


63*(6917)/(10000)+65*(3083)/(10000)
46.35+20.03=66.38

So the atomic weight of the mixture is 66.36 .

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