What is the symbol of the species with number of electrons equal to $36$ protons equal to $35$ and neutrons equal to $45$ ?

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Solution

Atomic number $=$ Number of protons $= 35$
Atomic mass $= 35 + 45 = 80$
Thus the species is $_{35} {B r}^{80}$ .
since the no. of electrons is greater than no. of protons by $1$ , i.e., the given species has a negative charge.
$∴$ Symbol is ${B r}^{-}$

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