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When forming an ionic bond an atom will exchange the least number of electrons possible becuase this

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Just took the test

The correct answer in C

Requires the least amount of energy

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this is needed to achieve chemical stability.

This chemical stability in an ionic bond is achieved by one atom donating electrons and the other atom receives it.

This is to achieve chemical stability between both atoms.
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