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you agree or disagree with the following
statement? both theories and laws can
be used to predict what will happen in a
situation that has not already been tested.
state your claim. provide evidence to support
the claim, and explain your reasoning.

"among the transition metal elements, manganese and zinc have a slight lowering of electronegativities. the reason behind this is that the nuclear charges of these elements are slightly weaker than the other transition metal elements due to the way their valence electrons are filled up. both manganese and zinc have their valence electrons filled up to the 4th shell with 1 pair of electrons (4s2) completely occupying it. although the electrons in the 3rd shell (3d) are yet to be paired since the outer most shell is filled up, the ability of the nucleus to attract electrons is lessened. hence,   the electronegativity (or the ability to attract electrons) is lessened."

with this one i know the answer in craters one reason i looked it up and i learned about it there is my evidence