3. An atom of a certain element has 15electrons, answer the following questions:a. What is the ground-state electronconfiguration of this element?b. How should be element beclassified? (group, period andgroup name)c. Is the element diamagnetic orparamagnetic?

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3. An atom of a certain element has 15 electrons, answer the following questions: a. What is the ground-state electron configuration of this element? b. How should be element be classified? (group, period and group name) c. Is the element diamagnetic or paramagnetic?