Which best describes the trends in electronegativity on the periodic table? a. electronegativity increases up and to the right.
b. electronegativity increases down and to the left.
c. electronegativity decreases up and to the left.
d. electronegativity decreases down and to the right.

The correct answer is:

Electronegativity increases up and to the right

Explanation:

Electronegativity, logo χ, is a chemical property that explains the trend of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.As you move from left to right across the periodic table, electronegativity increases, and as you move down the table electronegativity decreases.

yes it is balanced

"among the transition metal elements, manganese and zinc have a slight lowering of electronegativities. the reason behind this is that the nuclear charges of these elements are slightly weaker than the other transition metal elements due to the way their valence electrons are filled up. both manganese and zinc have their valence electrons filled up to the 4th shell with 1 pair of electrons (4s2) completely occupying it. although the electrons in the 3rd shell (3d) are yet to be paired since the outer most shell is filled up, the ability of the nucleus to attract electrons is lessened. hence,   the electronegativity (or the ability to attract electrons) is lessened."