PLEASE ANSWER

The pictures shows what a student observed when he looked through a hand lens at a penny. What happens to light passing through a hand lens that makes the image of the penny appear larger? The light is____

A. stopped
B. reflected
C. absorbed
D. refracted

C. A carbon atom has six protons, six neutrons, and six electrons.

Explanation:

Carbon has a relative atomic mass of 12 and an atomic number of 6. We must recall that the atomic number of an atom is the number of protons in that atom. The atomic number is also the same as the number of electrons in the neutral atom of that element.

To ensure electrical neutrality of the atom, the number of protons in the atom must be equal to the number of electrons in the atom.

The mass number of an atom is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons present in the atom. Since carbon has a mass number of 12, then there must be six neutrons present in the atom.