A meter stick balances horizontally on a knife-edge at the 50.0cm mark. With two 5.0g coins stacked over the 12.0cm mark l, the stick is found to balace at the 45.5cm mark. What is the mass of the meter stick?

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It won't lose or gain electrons if it's a covalent bond it shares the electrons with another atom or atoms. if it is an ionic bond it will lose the 3 electrons on the outer shell and become a positively charged ion.  credit goes to @sunshinebaby of answers.yahoo.com.