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Emily and Jack are working on their chemistry homework together. Jack explains to Emily

that when element "B" reacts, it will gain one electron and become negative since
electrons are negative. Emily asks if this same element can become negative by taking
away a proton. If you were Jack, what would you explain to Emily?

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the protons is theato.m if you take one away you change the element

Explanation:protons determine the element take away the proton and the element changes. That means that the same element cannot become negatively charged by taking away the protons

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