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How Can The Atomic Number And Mass Number Of An Atom Be Used To Determine The Number Of Neutrons?

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Basically, mass number is the sum of protons plus neutrons, while atomic number is just the number of protons. So if you subtract the atomic number from the mass number you should be left with the number of neutrons.

Simple explanation on Wikipedia at en.wikipedia.org

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