Give the chemical symbol for the lightest metal in its family with a p2 valence electron in its ground state.

Question

First of all, I'm not sure whether "p2" is a typo and the author of this question meant to say "2p," OR if there is some chemistry-related p2 valence electron I am not familiar with (which, admittedly, is very possible).

Second, I already tried boron and aluminum as answers, (based on the assumption that 2p was meant instead of p2) and they didn't work...

Any ideas? They would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Tin : Because it's electronic configuration is [ Kr ] 5s2 5p2, it belongs to group 14 i.e. carbon family

Answer 2

uhhh.... what did you say thomis edison