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(a) What property do all elements in the same column of the PeriodicTable as boron have in common?

(b) What property do all elements in the same column of the PeriodicTable as fluorine have in common?

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(a) All the elements in the same column as boron have the same numberof valence electrons (3). Hence, they all have valency equal to 3.

(b) All the elements in the same column as fluorine have the samenumber of valence electrons (7). Hence, they all have valency equalto 1.


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