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Question #7468b

Answer 1

The octet structure is s^2p^6 eight electrons that fill the outmost electron shell.

Explanation:

The structure of Neon is `1s^2 2s^2 2p^6` This is a very stable structure. The `1s^2` is a filled inner shell the eight electrons in the second shell create a filled outer shell.

The structure of Argon is the same outer structure of eight electrons.
again creating an filled third outer shell.

octet refers to eight electrons that create a filled stable outer shell.