A mass spectrometer give the signals for three fictional isotopes, X40, X41, and X42. The peaks report areas of 25.934% for X40 and 47.983% for X41. Calculate what is the franctional abundance for X42 to five sig figs and then the average atomic mass of the components to 4 sig figs.

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A mass spectrometer give the signals for three fictional isotopes, X40, X41, and X42. The peaks report areas of 25.934% for X40 and 47.983% for X41. Calculate what is the franctional abundance for X42 to five sig figs and then the average atomic mass of the components to 4 sig figs. 

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