Sodium (na) and potassium (k) are in the same group in the periodic table. sodium is in the 11th position. how many valence electrons does potassium have?

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1

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11

The correct answer is

1

Potassium has 1 valence electron. In fact, it is in the same group of sodium in the periodic table. But sodium has 1 valence electron, since it is in the 11th position, because the first two elements of the periodic table fills the first orbital, while the elements from 3 to 10 fill the second orbital (made of 8 electrons), so the 11th element (sodium) has 1 valence electron.