How Many Acceptable and Equivalent Resonance Structures Can Be Drawn

question 107

Multiple Choice

How many acceptable and equivalent resonance structures can be drawn for NO₃^-?

• A) 2
• B) 3
• C) 4
• D) 1
• E) 0

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Definitions:

Computing Mean

The process of calculating the average value of a set of numbers by adding them together and dividing by the quantity of numbers.

ΣX / N

The formula for calculating the mean of a set of data, where ΣX is the sum of all data points and N is the number of data points.

Arithmetic Average

Another term for the mean, calculated as the sum of all values divided by the number of values.

Frequency Value

The count of how many times a specific data point or value appears within a dataset.