Refer to the Following Figure to Answer the Questions Below

question 23

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following figure to answer the questions below.

-What causes the shape of the molecule shown?

• A) the shape of the two p orbitals in the carbon atom
• B) the shape of the one s orbital in the carbon atom
• C) the shape of the sp³ hybrid orbitals of the electrons shared between the carbon and hydrogen atoms
• D) hydrogen bonding configurations between the carbon and hydrogen atoms

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Definitions:

Chi-Square

A statistical method employed to assess whether a notable difference exists between the frequencies that are observed and those that are anticipated across one or more categories.

Row Variable

A variable represented by rows in a table or matrix, often used to define or categorize the data horizontally.

Column Variable

A variable represented by columns in a dataset, where each column contains values of the variable for each observation.

Alpha

In statistics, often represents the significance level used in hypothesis testing, indicating the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis.