Two carbon atoms and 1 oxygen atom contain 20 protons. One carbon atom and 2 oxygen atoms contain 22 protons. How many protons a

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re there in each atom?
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Alisiya [41] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-16T19:43:21+03:00

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Answer:

Carbon has 6 protons while oxygen has 8 protons.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the number of protons in carbon and y be the number of protons is oxygen.

ATQ: 2x+y=20 and x+2y=22. Solving it, we will get x=6 and y=8