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HELP HELP PLZZ!!! A student analyzed two diagrams of a nitrogren atom. Both diagrams showed seven protons in the nucleus, but the number of neutrons differed.
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A student analyzed two diagrams of a nitrogren atom. Both diagrams showed seven protons in the nucleus, but the number of neutrons differed.

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This is because the diagram represented isotopes of Nitrogen. Isotopes are forms of an element with an equal number of protons but different number of neutrons.
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