Boron is 80.20 boron-11 amu 11.01 and 19.80 of some other isotopic from boron what is the atomic mass of this second isotope be to 10.81 amu?

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From what I remember of chemistry, the amu of each element on the periodic chart is a weighted average of all the isotopes of that element.

So, as you indicated - 80.2% of Boron exists as B-11 and 19.8% of boron exists as some other isotope. In that case you can get an estimate of the amu of the unknown through simple math:

0.802*(11.01 amu) + 0.198*(X amu) = 10.81

Solving for x, you get 10.00 amu

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