Imagine you are given a mystery element. It is, however, a discovered and known element. You may perform a maximum of two observations or tests to determine its identity. Time and money is critical, so you need to prioritize your tests. If you can get by with a single test, you get 100 super-geek points from your research lab team. Pick your two tests, number them as #1 and #2, and justify why you think these two will certainly be enough (and why the first might well be enough all by itself.) The available tests are classification into metal, non-metal, or metalloid, count of valence electrons

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abb0t · Answer

Why don't you ask your teammates?

anonymous · Answer

If there are only two choices for the test, this isn't much of a problem. What are the other choices?