What is the simplest way for phosphorus to gain a stable octet?

Lose 5 electrons

Gain 5 electrons

Gain 3 electrons

Lose 3 electrons

Question

What is the simplest way for phosphorus to gain a stable octet? 

	
Lose 5 electrons

 	
Gain 5 electrons

 	
Gain 3 electrons

 	
Lose 3 electrons

duke · Answer

Ohh we got a hottie here

leenathan · Answer

try to help @duke 
and also @I_Am_Kye welcome to open study i would think the answer is gain 3 but i may be wrong

aaronq · Answer

"gain 3 electrons" is correct. If you look at a periodic table you can see P is group 5 (which means it has 5 valence electrons) so in order to have 8 valence electrons it needs 3 more.