So let's begin by drawing out our carbon electron configuration. So we have two electrons that go into one s orbital, two electrons that go into the two s orbital, and two more electrons that go into our two p orbital. For h, we have only one electron, and that one electron goes into our one s orbital. 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.