Answer:
bent
Explanation:
The chlorite ion has been pictured in the image attached with its two main resonance contributors.
The ion has four regions of electron density as shown. On the basis of the VSEPR theory, we expect a tetrahedral geometry.
However, the ion is bent due to the effect of the lone pairs on chlorine which is the central atom in the ion. This distorts the bond angle of the ion hence the ion has a bent molecular geometry.
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The answer to this question would most likely be the 3rd choice, (option C)
Increasing the pressure on a gas decreases the volume
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Answer:
A molecular formulae________
will tell you how many and what
kinds of atoms are in a molecule, but not how they are
arranged.