The nucleus of an atom of 818 O contains

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8 protons and 18 neutrons

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8 protons and 10 neutrons

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8 protons and 18 electrons

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10 protons and 8 neutrons

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8 protons and 10 neutrons

The subscript on LHS represents atomic number which is the number of protons in the atom while, the superscript represents mass number which is the number of protons and neutrons.

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