Bromine has isotopes with mass numbers 79 and 81. if average relative atomic mass is 79.908 calculate the percentage of each isotope present

Respuesta :

If the abundance of the first isotope is x, the abundance of the second isotope is 1-x.

Substituting into the atomic mass formula,

[tex]79.908=79x+81(1-x)\\\\79.908=81-2x\\\\-1.092=-2x\\\\x=0.546[/tex]

This means the abundance of Bromine-79 is 54.6%, and the abundance of Bromine-81 is 45.4%.