Toothpaste is an abrasive that contains many things, but mainly phosphates.
Answer:
For any given isotope, the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus is called the mass number. This is because each proton and each neutron weigh one atomic mass unit. By adding together the number of protons and neutrons and multiplying by 1, you can calculate the mass of the atom.
Answer: Rod X.
Explanation:
Ok, the electricity starts in the top left part. First, it must travel in the X rod, then it keeps traveling until it reaches the parallel path, and it can go to the Z rod, to the Y rod, or to both of them, and then it reaches the bulb (the circle with a X inside of it).
We know that two rods are conductors of electricity.
Now, suppose the case where rods Z and Y are the ones that conduct electricity, this means that X does not conduct electricity, then when the current reaches to X it stops (because X does not conduct) then the electricity never reaches the rods Z and Y, and then the electricity never reaches the bulb, but we know that the bulb lights up, so we must have that X is one of the conducting rods.
Then, if for example, Y does not conduct electricity, the electricity still can run through the Z rod and eventually reach the bulb.
So we can conclude that the rod that is definitely a conductor of electricity is rod X
