Iron exists in nature as a mixture of predominantly three isotopes: 54 426Fe (53.94 amu), 5626Fe (55.93 amu), and 5726Fe (56.94 amu). If the most common isotope, 5626Fe, accounts for 91.75% of iron atoms, and the average atomic mass of iron is 55.85 amu, what is the percent abundance of the rarest of these three isotopes of iron?

Iron exists in nature as a mixture of predominantly three isotopes: 54 426Fe (53.94 amu), 5626Fe (55.93 amu), and 5726Fe (56.94 amu). If the most common isotope, 5626Fe, accounts for 91.75% of iron atoms, and the average atomic mass of iron is 55.85 amu, what is the percent abundance of the rarest of these three isotopes of iron?

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