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There Are Two Stable Isotopes of Chlorine: Chlorine-35, with a Mass

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There are two stable isotopes of chlorine: chlorine-35, with a mass of 34.968853 amu; and chlorine-37, with a mass of 36.965903. Given that the average atomic mass of a chlorine atom is 35.45 amu, which of the following statements is true?


A) Chlorine contains almost exclusively  1735Cl~{}_{17}^{35}\text{Cl} with very little  1735Cl~{}_{17}^{35}\text{Cl}
B) Chlorine contains more  1735Cl~{}_{17}^{35}\text{Cl} than  1735Cl~{}_{17}^{35}\text{Cl} .
C) Chlorine contains roughly equal amounts of  1735Cl~{}_{17}^{35}\text{Cl} and  1735Cl~{}_{17}^{35}\text{Cl}
D) Chlorine contains more  1735Cl~{}_{17}^{35}\text{Cl} than  1735Cl~{}_{17}^{35}\text{Cl}
E) Chlorine contains almost exclusively of  1735Cl~{}_{17}^{35}\text{Cl} , with very little  1735Cl~{}_{17}^{35}\text{Cl} .

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