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Explanation:
To answer this question you must look at your periodic table.
The elements in the periodic table are ordered in increasing order of atomic number and elements with similar chemical properties, due to the same number of valence eletrons, lay in the same column.
The column in the periodic table corresponds to the chemical group, and, in the most modern version, is identified with a number 1 through 18.
The elments Cu (copper), Ag (silver), and Au (gold), all metals, are in the same group (column) number 11.
The elements in the columns 3 trough 12 are transition metals. The atomic numbers of thise elements, which let you to find them easily in your periodic table, are:
Those elements, along with platinum are paladium, are the metals with the lowest reactivity, which is the reason why they are found in nature in its pure form (not combined with other elements).
