How is the mass number of an atom calculated? (1 point)

total number of electrons
electrons plus neutrons
protons plus neutrons
total number of protons

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
2 months ago

The mass number of an atom is calculated as the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. Therefore, the correct answer is:

**protons plus neutrons**