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A fluorine atom has 4 pairs of electrons + 1 unpaired electron.
Fluorine is located in period 2, group 17 of the periodic table, and has an atomic number equal to 9. This means that a neutral fluorine atom will have 9 electrons surrounding its nucleus.
Its electron configuration looks like this
As you can see, 8 of the 9 electrons fluorine has are paired, which means that a neutral fluorine atom has 4 unpaired electrons.
