Finding the radius of an atom is very complicated because

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radius of an atom is extremely small

there is no sharp boundary of electron cloud

electron clouds of two nearest atoms have lot of attraction

both (a) and (b)

answer is D.

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Due to small radius of an atom and with no specific boundary for electron cloud in its valence shell finding the radius will be difficult

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