Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
What will be an ideal response?
This question asked you to apply the orbitals of electrons in an atom to write an electron
configuration. If you got the correct answer, great job! If you got an incorrect answer, where did the
process break down? Did you have trouble understanding what was being represented in the numbering
system of an electron configuration? Did you realize that the 8 electrons in shells 2 and 3 were split
between “s” and “p” orbitals.
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