The outermost electronic configuration of an element is `3s^2 3p^4`
a) Find the atomic number of this element.
b) Write down the group in which this element belongs to?
c) Write down the outermost subshell elctronic configuration of the inert gas which belongs to the same period of the given element.

Explanation

a. 16
b. 16
`c. 3s^2 3p^6`