Question: Will is trying to identify an unknown element and uses mass spectrometry to get information about the mass and the abundance of a compound with

Will is trying to identify an unknown element and uses mass spectrometry to get information about the mass and the abundance of a compound with only three naturally occurring isotopes. However, some of the data points do not come out correctly. Use the following data to help Will figure out the missing abundances of the second and third isotopes: isotope 1 mass - 38.897 amu isotope 1 abundance - 26.33% isotope 2 mass - 39.667 amu isotope 2 abundance - unknown isotope 3 mass - 41.763 amu isotope 3 abundance - unknown

Measured atomic mass: 40.393 amu

what is isotope 2 abundance

(in percent)

what is isotope 3 abundance

(in percent)

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