<u>Answer:</u> The correct answer is the mass number of the most common isotope of the element is 24.
<u>Explanation:</u>
We are given:
An element having atomic number 12 is magnesium and atomic mass of the element is 24.305
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The number '24.305' is the average atomic mass of magnesium element.
Average atomic mass is defined as the sum of masses of each isotope each multiplied by their natural fractional abundance.
Formula used to calculate average atomic mass follows:
Average atomic mass of magnesium = 24.305 amu
As, the average atomic mass of magnesium lies closer to the mass of Mg-24 isotope. This means that the relative abundance of this isotope is the highest of all the other isotopes.
The 'Mg-24' isotope is the most common isotope of the given element.
Hence, the correct answer is the mass number of the most common isotope of the element is 24.
