Answer:- oxygen.
Explanations:- The electronic configuration is given and we are asked to figure out the electrically neutral atom that will have the electron configuration,
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The sum of electrons for this electron configuration is 8. If we look at the periodic table then 8 is the atomic number of oxygen.
So, the electrically neutral atom for the given electron configuration is oxygen.
Step one: Identify reactants and products and place them in a word equation.
Step two: Convert the chemical names into chemical formulas. Place them based on the chemical equation and write the state symbols.
Step three: balance the chemical equation.
Equation: MgOH2 (s) --> MgO (s) + H2O (g)
And it's already balanced.
I had chemistry this semester too.