Describe how the first ionization energy changes going from potassium (K) to rubidium…

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Describe how the first ionization energy changes going from potassium (K) to rubidium (Rb) to cesium (Cs). Provide one sentence that states the trend and one sentence that relates the trend to changes in atomic radius and effective nuclear charge.

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