Now, to count the number of balanced electrons, we simply have to figure out what the number of electrons are for carbon that are located in the outermost shell. The outermost shell is the n equals two shell. And in the N equals two shell, we have two plus two four electrons. So that means we have four bounce electrons for carbon for h, because we have only one electron, and this one electron is an outermost one s shell, we have one balance electron for each H atom. So four plus three, because we have three h atoms, and each h atom donates one balance electrons, we have a total of seven electrons. Now, notice that this guy is neutral, so this stays the same.