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It is because all elements in Period 3 have:

  • 2 in K- and 8 in L-shell, both completely filled up,
  • and only 2 (out of max. 8) in the M-shell (being the outer-shell of the 3rd period for group 2).

So the electron configuration should be written as:

Mg(K,L,M,) = 2, 8, 2,

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