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Chlorine occurs in nature in the form of two isotopes with atomic masses 34.97 and 36.97 respectively. The relative abundance of the isotopes are 0.735 and 0.245 respectively. Find the atomic mass of chlroine.

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Atomic mass of chlorine
`=(34.97xx0.755xx36.97xx0.245)/(0.755+0.245)`
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