Which of the the following statements is true? 1. In the periodic table, the electron affinity of an atom generally increases from left to right, and decreases from top to bottom.
2. In the periodic table, the electron affinity of an atom generally increases from left to right, and decreases from bottom to top.

oxygen, selenium, tellurium, and polonium.

they're all from the same group as sulfur (group 16).

the seeing the electronic configuration we can say that the element is fluorine.

fluorine is the most electronegative element in the periodic table.

but by only seeing the configuration we cannot say about its reactivity because we don't know if its configuration after excitation or by addition of electrons.

but if not then, it is the lightest halogen and exists as a highly toxic pale yellow diatomic gas at standard conditions. as the most electronegative element, it is extremely reactive: almost all other elements, including some noble gases, form compounds with fluorine.