why atomic number and atomic mass number of element always a whole number?

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Atomic number and the atomic mass number are always a whole number because they are the number of electrons and the number of proton + number of neutron, respectively. And as the fractional number of these particles can not exist, so their quantity present will be in whole numbers only.

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