Cordelia researched Ernest Rutherford’s experiments. Read her summary below and find the error. Rutherford’s experiment showed the positively charged particles were only deflected by a small percentage of the atoms. If the positive charge in the atom was spread throughout the atom, this could not happen. This meant that the atom must be composed mostly of solid positive particles.

A. error is in sentence 2. If the neutral charge was spread through the atom, this could not happen

B. error is in sentence 1. Positively charged particles were deflected by a high percentage of atoms.

C. error is in sentence 1. Experiments showed that only a few atoms deflected negatively charged particles.

D. error is in sentence 3. The atom must be composed mostly of empty space.