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SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!! An element with 70 protons and a mass of 170 would be considered:

a. stable
b. radioactive
c. nonexistent

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An element with 70 protons and a mass of 170 would be considered radioactive.

In general, an element with an atomic number (number of protons) greater than 82 tends to be radioactive. Since the element in question has 70 protons, which is less than 82, it does not fall into the category of naturally radioactive elements. However, it is important to note that the stability of an element also depends on the balance between protons and neutrons in the nucleus. Without information about the number of neutrons in the nucleus, we cannot determine the stability of this specific element definitively.

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