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Magnesium  (Mg)   will  have    chemical  properties   most   like   

Calcium
This  is   because   both  magnesium   and  calcium   are  in  the  same  group  of   periodic  table   that   group  two.  They   are  both  alkaline   earth  metal  hence   they  have  same   properties   example  they  have    two  valence  electrons.

Answer: Option (b) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Elements that belong to same group tend to show similar chemical properties because they contain same number of valence electrons.

For example, magnesium is a group 2 element that has atomic number 12 and its electronic distribution is 2, 8, 2.

On the other hand, calcium is also group 2 element that has atomic number 20 and its electronic distribution is 2, 8, 8, 2.

Whereas sodium is a group 1 element which has just one valence electron. And manganese is a transition element that can lose up to 7 valence electrons.

Therefore, we can conclude that both magnesium and calcium will show alike chemical properties.

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