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badatmath1996:
Element W has two natural isotopes: W-10 (10.013amu) and W-11 (11.009 amu)
Calculate the atomic mass of element W given the abundance of W-10 is 19.66%

I thought that I needed abundance for both isotopes to solve the atomic mass? I’m really bad at Math and Chemistry... I thought I was understanding how to solve atomic mass and now I can’t figure out this question. I asked my prof for help but he used an example where we were given abundance and amu for all the isotopes and just had to use the average atomic mass formula.

I don’t know how to go about this question, could someone please show/explain to me how to do it?

TIA
-badatmath

DrCMS:
If this element has only 2 isotopes and you are given the abundance of one of them can you not see how to calculate the abundance of the other one?

badatmath1996:
No. I don’t know how to do that and my text book does not have examples?

Corribus:
Start by defining what "abundance" and "atomic mass" are. Can you relate the one to the other?

EDIT:


--- Quote ---he used an example where we were given abundance and amu for all the isotopes and just had to use the average atomic mass formula
--- End quote ---
And this is exactly what you need to do here. You are just not given one piece of information, so you have to determine it for yourself.

badatmath1996:
Yep, I’m dumb. I understand it now.

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