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http://www.webassign.net/userimages/jchogan@lsu/Prob9_14/Prob9_13i.gif Choose the selection which describes an electron-domain geometry and number of pairs of nonbonding electrons located in the valence shell of the central atom which is consistent with a molecule having the molecular geometry shown in the above figure. a) The electron-domain geometry is trigonal bipyramidal. The number of nonbonding pairs is 0. b) The electron-domain geometry is trigonal bipyramidal. The number of nonbonding pairs is 2. c) The electron-domain geometry is trigonal planar. The number of nonbonding pairs is 0. d) The electron-domain geometry is trigonal planar. The number of nonbonding pairs is 2. e) The electron-domain geometry is trigonal planar. The number of nonbonding pairs is 4.

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i think according to the figure the right answer would be (b) b) The electron-domain geometry is trigonal bipyramidal. The number of nonbonding pairs is 2.

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