The first four ionization energies for an imaginary element, xz, are e1 = 102 kcal, e2 = 186 kcal, e3 = 4021 kcal, and e4 = 4862 kcal. the most probable number of valence electrons as indicated by this ionization data is:

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the answer is b because, investigating whether another species of moth also drinks tears might be interesting, but it would not directly explain why this species of moth does.

to explain why this species of moth drinks tears, the scientist could ask: "what nutrients that moths need are in elephant tears? "

the scientist could experiment with moth repellent or oter ways to keep the moths away, but that would not answer his original question.