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Rogan V. ยท Stefan V.
Jul 2, 2015

The answer is B

Explanation:

Atoms that lose or gain electrons become ions, if it loses it is called a cation and is positively charged and if it gains electrons it becomes negatively charged and is called an anion.

![http://www.chemicool.com/http://the-periodic-table.html](https://useruploads.socratic.org/dXFzbCXRRNirfo0etG1M_ion-formation.gif)

Atoms become ions to become more stable, in other words to fulfill the octet rule.

Hope I helped :)

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