Answer: option C. 2 and 3.
Explanation:
1) Isotopes are atoms of a same element with different number of neutrons. That means that the isotopes of a same element have the same number of protons, since the number of protons is what identify an element.
2) For example, all the atoms of oxygen have 8 protons. But isotope oxygen-16 has 8 neutrons, while oxygen-18 has 10 neutrons.
3) In the figure there are 3 different atoms:
i) atom # 1 has 5 protons and 7 neutrons
ii) atom # 2 has 6 protons and 7 neutrons
iii) atom # 3 has 6 protons and 8 neutrons.
4) Hence the atoms with the same number of protons and different number of neutrons are the #2 and the # 3. So, they are the isotopes of the same element.
