Question

The element nitrogen has the atomic number 7 and an atomic mass of 14. How many neutrons does an atom of nitrogen contain?

14

7

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Answer 1

@EclipsedStar

Answer 2

Atomic mass = number of protons + number of neutrons.

Nitrogen's atomic number is 7, thus it has 7 protons.
It's atomic mass is 14

14 - 7 = 7 neutrons

Answer 3

Does that make sense? :)

Answer 4

yea thank you :)

Answer 5

its correct :)

Answer 6

Np! :)