Eriq, a chemist, is running tests with four unknown elements. He has found that they all bond the same way, so he knows that they are in the same group on the periodic table of elements. The table shows other properties that Eriq observed.




\multicolumn{4}{|c|}{Properties of Four Unknown Elements}

Element \#
Melting pointBoiling pointPhase at room temperature

1
266 K332 Kliquid

2
172 K239 Kgas

3
387 K457 Ksolid

4
53 K85 Kgas






These four elements are most likely in group

A15.
B16.
C17.
D18.