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From the gold foil experiment, Rutherford concluded that the positive charge of an atom is:

Aconcentrated in an extremely small central region called the nucleus
Bspread evenly throughout the atom
Clocated only at the surface of the atom
Ddistributed equally between electrons
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. concentrated in an extremely small central region called the nucleus
Rutherford concluded the positive charge is **concentrated in a tiny central nucleus**, since only a few alpha particles deflected sharply (those that hit the nucleus head-on).
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