Sodium Is Much More Apt to Exist as a Cation

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Multiple Choice

Sodium is much more apt to exist as a cation than is chlorine.This is because ________.

• A)chlorine is a gas and sodium is a solid
• B)chlorine has a greater electron affinity than sodium does
• C)chlorine is bigger than sodium
• D)chlorine has a greater ionization energy than sodium does
• E)chlorine is more metallic than sodium

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped frequency distribution curve where most occurrences take place in the middle of the range and taper off symmetrically towards both ends.

Standardized Normal Value

A value derived from the process of transforming a data point to fit the normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a variance of 1.

Z-value

A statistical metric indicating how many standard deviations away from the mean a specific data point lies.

Random Variable

A random variable is a variable whose values depend on outcomes of a random phenomenon.