Regarding atoms of a given element, which statement is NOT correct?

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1. Regarding atoms of a given element, which statement is NOT correct?

Atoms of different elements may share the same mass number

Atoms of a single element may have differing mass numbers

All atoms of an element share the same number of protons

All atoms of an element will always share the same number of neutrons

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Atoms of the same element can genuinely have different numbers of neutrons — these variants are called isotopes — even though their proton count always stays fixed.