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If an energy level has each of these types of orbitals, then how many copies of it does it contain?

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An orbital can only have two copies of its electron. Primarily there is only one orbital however it can be filled twice which therefore suggests in total there would be 2 copies. As an example, 3 orbitals would be able to possess 6 electronic copies
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