When positively charged particles were radiated onto a gold atom, a few of the particles bounced back. Which of the following caused this?

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The basics of this answer is that like charges repel each other and opposites attract. Since the center of an atom is made up of positively charged protons; some of the positively charged particles will bounce off and be repelled from the center of the gold atom.

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