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Hydrogen is on the left side because it has the same valence electron configuration as all the other elements in its family/group. Hydrogen, Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium, and Francium all contain one valence electron.

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Yes it is on the left side of the peiodic table. It is the very first one because it is the lightest and simplest element on the table.

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