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If the average atomic mass fo chlorine is 35.5 then find the percentage abundance of the two isotopes of chlorine which have the mass number 35 and 37.

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(a)If the percentage abundance of Cl-35 is x, then
`(x xx35 + (100-x)37)/100`=35.5
(b)75% of Cl-35 and 25% of Cl-37.
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