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An atom of Fe has 30 neutrons. What is the mass number of this atom?

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Answer:

56

Step-by-step explanation:

The mass number of an atom is a sum of its number of protons and neutrons. Iron (Fe) has an atomic number of 26. This means that it has 26 protons. Since we know it has 26 protons and are told it has 30 neutrons. The mass number of this atom of Iron is 26+30 = 56

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