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Looking at the Periodic Table, how can you determine if an element is a metal, metalloid or nonmetal?

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Answer:

It depends on where it's located on the periodic table.

Step-by-step explanation:

Metals are on left side of the periodic table except Hydrogen (H), which is a nonmetal, then there's the staircase, which has the metalloids, and on the right of the staircase are the nonmetals.

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