How many electrons does potassium need to lose to become an ion? Will it become a positively charged cation or a negatively charged anion?

Group 1A elements loses only one electron to form positively charged ions(cation).

Explanation:

Atoms that lose electrons acquire a positive charge as a result because they are left with fewer negatively charged electrons to balance the positive charges of the protons in the nucleus

the answer is either b or c

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