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In the Gold Foil experiment, Rutherford

and his team saw a few of the alpha
particles deflect to the side or bounce
back. What does this observation
mean?
A. The atom is mostly empty space.
B. The atom has a small dense positive component.
C. The atom has lots of negative electrons in it.
D. The atom blocks the alpha particle.

User Dtothefp
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Answer:

B. The atom has a small dense positive component.

Step-by-step explanation:

I did it on acellus and got it right.

User Luke Dennis
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