Gallium has two naturally occurring isotopes. The mass of gallium-69 is 68.9256 amu and it is 60.108% abundant. The mass of gallium-71 is 70.9247 amu and it is 39.892% abundant. What is the atomic mass of gallium?
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Explanation:
To find the average atomic mass (
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Notice that the answers are the same. Also observe that the answer is closer to 69 than it is to 71, which makes sense since gallium-69 makes up a greater proportion of gallium in the universe (