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The number of neutrons in an atom is determined by which of the following means

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A = p + n (2) where n is the number of neutrons. When using atomic mass units (a.m.u.), the mass of each nucleon (proton or neutron) is 1 a.m.u, so the mass number also corresponds to the mass number.

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