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Bohr looked to improve upon Rutherford’s model of the atom because Bohr thought that Rutherford’s model:

a. was totally incorrect
b. needed to relocate the protons and neutrons
c. was not stable because the electrons did not have set orbits
d. did not account for the positive charge of the protons

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Rutherford's model didn't not account for the properties of electrons. bohr placed electrons in layers of orbit so C
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