Answer:
group 1, 2 and 3 tend to get rid of electrons and start to form compounds with groups 7, 6, and 5.
Explanation:
A triangle has three sides, three vertices, and three angles. The sum of the three interior angles of a triangle is always 180°. The sum of the length of two sides of a triangle is always greater than the length of the third side.
I believe it would be better to use an orbital designation than the written configuration, if the number of electrons in the ground state of the atom are quite high for the given element, as above 50, for instance.
This saves space and also one can see the discrete quantized energy levels associated with the subshells of the main energy levels if written in orbital designation.
