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The natural abundance of boron-11 is 80.1%. If you have 7,000 boron atoms, how many of them are the boron-11 isotope?

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If the natural abundance of boron-11 is 80.1%, then the natural abundance of boron-10, the other stable isotope of boron, is 100% - 80.1% = 19.9%.

To determine how many of the 7,000 boron atoms are the boron-11 isotope, we can use the following steps:

Calculate the number of boron-10 atoms:

19.9% x 7,000 = 1,393

Calculate the number of boron-11 atoms:

80.1% x 7,000 = 5,607

Therefore, out of 7,000 boron atoms, 5,607 are the boron-11 isotope.

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