Question

Rubidium is a soft, silvery-white metal that has two common isotopes, 85Rb and 87Rb. If the abundance of 85Rb is 80% and the abundance of 87Rb is 19.8%, what is the average atomic mass of Rubidium?

Answer 1

The average atomic mass of Rubidium : 85.226 u

Further explanation  

Isotopes are atoms whose no-atom has the same number of protons while still having a different number of neutrons.  

So Isotopes are elements that have the same Atomic Number (Proton)  

Atomic mass is the average atomic mass of all its isotopes  

In determining the mass of an atom, as a standard is the mass of 1 carbon-12 atom whose mass is 12 amu  

Mass atom X = mass isotope 1 . % + mass isotope 2.%  

The abundance of 85Rb is 80% and the abundance of 87Rb is 19.8%, so the average atomic mass of Rubidium :

$\tt the~average~atomic~mass=0.8\times 85+0.198\times 87\\\\the~average~atomic~mass=\boxed{\bold{85.226~u}}$