Amazing news! Chemists have just discovered a brand new element on an asteroid. Calculate the average atomic mass of the new element, given the values below. Isotope Percent Abundance Mass (amu) 32X 6.910% 32.490538 40X 8.958% 39.6962985 34X 84.13% 34.3401399

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Amazing news! Chemists have just discovered a brand new element on an asteroid.  Calculate the average atomic mass of the new element, given the values below.

Isotope Percent Abundance Mass (amu)
32X 6.910%  32.490538
40X 8.958% 39.6962985
34X 84.13% 34.3401399
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