Final answer:
The correct noble gas configuration represents previous noble gas electrons with their symbol and continues with the remaining valence electrons. For sodium, the configuration is [Ne] 3s¹.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question asks for the correct noble gas configuration from the given choices. Noble gas configurations simplify electron configurations by using the noble gas symbol to represent inner-shell electrons. For sodium, which has an electron configuration of 1s²2s²2p⁶3s¹, we use neon ([Ne]) to represent the first 10 electrons, resulting in the noble gas configuration of [Ne] 3s¹.
Therefore, the correct noble gas configuration among the options provided is the one that starts with the symbol of the preceding noble gas and then lists the remaining electrons. In our case for a configuration after neon, it would be [Ne] followed by the rest of the configuration. Hence the correct answer among the choices would be similar to the example of sodium's noble gas configuration.