I suspect your teacher wants you to regurgitate answer b. Truth is, it is much more complicated than that, and when you get to quantum physics in college, you will realize that. Look up on google schrodinger's cat http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/10237347/Schrodingers-Cat-explained.html
The same principle applies to looking to see where the electron is.
In an atom, electrons ____.
a. are located in the nucleus
b. travel outside the nucleus
c. are paired with neutrons
d. are always in the same place in an atom
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