Please help :) Look at the two question marks between zinc (Zn) and arsenic (As). At the time, no elements were known with atomic weights between 65.2 and 75. But Mendeleev predicted that two elements must exist with atomic weights in this range. What led Mendeleev to predict that two undiscovered elements existed in that range?

In a laboratory determination of the atomic weight of tin, a sample of tin is weighed in a crucible. nitric acid is added, and the reaction proceeds to give a hydrated tin(iv)oxide plus no2and h2o. the hydrated tin(iv)oxide is then heated strongly and reacts as follows: sno2.xh2o(s)sno2(s)+ xh2o(g)the sno2is finally cooled and weighed in the crucible. explain the effect on the calculated atomic weight of tin that would result from each of the following experimental errors: (a)considerable spattering occurs when the nitric acid is added to the tin.(b)the hydrated tin(iv)oxide is not heated sufficiently to change it completely to tin oxide.