A student looked up the naturally occurring isotopes of bromine and found the following information: 50.54% of the naturally occurring isotopes of bromine have an atomic mass of 78.92 u while 49.46% of the naturally occurring isotopes of bromine have an atomic mass of 80.92 u. Calculate the average atomic mass of bromine, showing all work:

A student looked up the naturally occurring isotopes of bromine and found the following information: 50.54% of the naturally occurring isotopes of bromine have an atomic mass of 78.92 u while 49.46% of the naturally occurring isotopes of bromine have an atomic mass of 80.92 u. Calculate the average atomic mass of bromine, showing all work:

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