Answer:
The column number tells us the amount of valence electron the element has
In some unusual applications of unusual components, I can think of unusual electric circuits where a switch may be connected in parallel with a device in order to control it.
But I'm sure this is not what's intended in a question on the high-school level.
Until you get in a situation with tricky applications in a tricky circuit, your switches will always be connect <em>in series</em> with the devices they control.
If you know an element’s atomic number, you will learn the number of protons and electrons. The atomic number is equal to the number or protons and electrons. You can also find the number of neutrons, by subtracting the atomic mass from the atomic number.
For example, Fluorine’s atomic number is 9, and its atomic mass is 19. So, the number of electrons and protons in fluorine is 9. The number of neutrons the is equal to 19-9. Thus, Fluorine has 10 neutrons.
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