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What is the total number of valence electrons in an atom of germanium in the ground state?
(1) 8 (3) 14
(2) 2 (4) 4


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The answer is (4) 4. Germanium is a main group element in group 4A. Therefore, like carbon, it has 4 valence electrons in the ground state.