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Natural Chlorine is found to be a mixture of two isotopes of masses 34.98 a.m.u and 36.98 a.m.u. respectively. Their relative abundances are 75.4 and 24.6% respectively. Find the composite atomic mass of natural chlorine.

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35.47 amu
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