What do you understand by the term ‘mass number’?

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Mass number is the combined number of protons and neutrons in an atom. It is denoted by the ‘A’.
Example: In ${}_{6}^{12}C$ there are 6 protons and 6 neutrons, thus its mass number = 6+6 = 12.

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