Asked by violet

Elemental carbon has 6 protons and 6 neutrons. This is often described as carbon-12. Carbon-13 has 6 protons and 7 neutrons, while carbon-14 has 6 protons and 8 neutrons. Based on the trend with carbon and the fact that plutonium has 94 protons, how many neutrons are in radioactive plutonium-244?

102 neutrons
108 neutrons
150 neutrons
338 neutrons

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Plutonium-244 has 244 − 94 = 150 neutrons. (So the correct choice is 150 neutrons.)