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16. In which of these cases do we have enough information to say that the atom is electrically neutral? A. The atom has 15 neutrons and 15 electrons. B. The atom has 4 neutrons and 4 protons. C. The atom has 19 electrons and 19 neutrons. D. The atom has 7 protons and 7 electrons.

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it's B the atom has 4 neutrons and 4 protons because atom can be completed through the existence of neutron and proton which stay inside of the neuclues of atom

Answer: Option (D) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

An atom will be electrically neutral when the number of protons equal the number of electrons.

For example, atomic number of fluorine is 9 this means that there are 9 protons in a fluorine atom. Also, there are 9 electrons in fluorine atom. So, fluorine will be neutral.

Thus, we can conclude that out of the given cases we can say that the atom has 7 protons and 7 electrons have enough information to say that the atom is electrically neutral.