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How is the weighted average mass related to atomic mass

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The atomic mass of an element is the average mass of the atoms of an element measured in atomic mass unit (amu, also known as daltons. The atomic mass is a weighted average of all of the isotopes of that element, in which the mass of each isotope is multiplied by the abundance of that particular isotope.