The Ground State Configuration of Chlorine (Z = 17) Is

question 44

Multiple Choice

The ground state configuration of chlorine (Z = 17) is

• A) 1s² 2s² 2p⁵ 3s² 3p⁶
• B) 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁵
• C) 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁴ 3d¹
• D) 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁵ 4s¹
• E) 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s¹ 3p⁷

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Definitions:

Significance Level

A threshold in hypothesis testing that determines the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, commonly denoted as alpha (α).

One-Way ANOVA

A statistical test used to compare the means of three or more independent groups to determine if there is a significant difference among them, based on one independent variable.

F Statistic

A statistical measure that determines the ratio of variance between groups to variance within groups in the context of ANOVA tests.

Significance Level

The threshold below which a p-value is considered statistically significant, often set at 0.05 or 5%.