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Chlorine has 17 electrons, so shell 3 contains ______ electrons arranged as ______ pairs and ______ single electron(s).Multiple choice question.7; 3; 15; 2; 18; 4; no6; 3; no

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Chlorine has 17 electrons, so shell 3 contains ______ electrons arranged as ______ pairs and ______ single electron(s).Multiple choice question.7; 3; 15; 2; 18; 4; no6; 3; no

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Chlorine has 17 electrons. The first shell can hold up to 2 electrons, the second shell can hold up to 8 electrons, and the remaining electrons will be in the third shell.

Step 1: Fill the first shell The first shell can hold up to 2 electrons, so we put 2 electrons in the first shell. This leaves us with 17 - 2 = 15 electrons.

Step 2: Fill the second shell The second shell can hold up to 8 electrons, so we put 8 electrons in the second shell. This leaves us with 15 - 8 = 7 electrons.

Step 3: Fill the third shell The remaining 7 electrons will be in the third shell.

In the third shell, electrons are arranged in pairs. So, we can have 3 pairs of electrons (6 electrons) and 1 single electron.

So, the answer is "7; 3; 1".

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