Question

How is the mass number different from average atomic mass?

Answer 1

Mass number is a count of the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus.
Atomic mass is also known as atomic weight. Atomic mass is the weighted average mass of an atom of an element based on the relative natural abundance of that element's isotopes.
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