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There are two stable isotopes of carbon, carbon -
12
and carbon -
13
. Carbon -
12
has a mass of exactly
12
amu, and carbon -
13
has a mass of
13.003
amu. The average atomic mass of carbon
is
12.011 amu. What does this tell you about the
relative abundances of the two isotopes?

a. Carbon -
12
is more abundant than carbon
13
because the average atomic mass is closer
to the mass of carbon
12
b. There is not enough information to
determine anything about the relative
abundances of the two isotopes.
c. Carbon
13
is more abundant than carbon
12
because the average atomic mass is closer
to the mass of carbon
13
d. Carbon
12
and carbon -
13
are equally abundant

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There is not enough information to determine anything about the relative abundances of the two isotopes.

What are isotopes?

Isotopes are atoms that have the same atomic number but different mass numbers. We know that all the isotopes of an element are not available to the same extent in nature.

Hence, from the average atomic mass of carbon, we can see that there is not enough information to determine anything about the relative abundances of the two isotopes.

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