In the Lewis symbol for a sulfur atom, there are paired and unpaired electrons. A) 2, 2 B) 4, 2 C) 2, 4 D)

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In the Lewis symbol for a sulfur atom, there are paired and unpaired electrons. A) 2, 2 B) 4, 2 C) 2, 4 D)

0, 6 E) 5, 1 Answer: B

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Nikolay [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-30T17:37:29+03:00

Answer:

C) 2, 4.

Explanation:

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In this case, since the sulfur atom has six electrons at its outer shell, it suggests it needs to gain two electrons in order to attain a complete octet, that is why it has 2 paired electrons.

Moreover, since two electrons are paired, then 4 electrons will remain unpaired; therefore the answer would be C) 2, 4.

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