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somebody please explain how to determine the relative abundance of isotopes.im having trouble understaning the rule :)​

somebody please explain how to determine the relative abundance of isotopes.im having-example-1
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Answer:

isotopes have the SAME number of protonsbut DIFFERENT number of neutrons . to find out the neutrons you need to subtract atomic number from the mass "m-a=n"

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