Question

An element that has 2 core electrons and 3 valence electrons

Answer 1

Boron

Step-by-step explanation:

You can find this by looking at the number of protons in Boron, 5.

Then calculate how many electrons you are given, in this case the 2 core plus the 3 valence equal 5 total electrons

Neutral elements have the same number of protons and electrons, so your answer would be the element with 5 electrons, Boron.

You can also know this by using electron configuration. Since you kow there are 5 electrons then you can use EC to find out where your element is. In this case it is: 1s2 2s2 2p1