What Geometric Arrangement of Charge Clouds Is Expected for an Atom

question 63

Multiple Choice

What geometric arrangement of charge clouds is expected for an atom that has three charge clouds?

• A) trigonal bipyramidal
• B) linear
• C) trigonal
• D) tetrahedral

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