Dear friend,
How are you doing? I finally switched to my new school and it's been so hard adjusting. But I know I have a new chance at making new friends and memories. Also, I can learn new things, like interacting with new people and how to keep my anxiety low. I really miss us hanging out and how much we'd laugh and get in trouble at class. But i really hope to see you soon & that it hasn't gone terribly wrong for you since i left.
your friend,
name
Answer : Option 1) The true statement is each carbon-oxygen bond is somewhere between a single and double bond and the actual structure of format is an average of the two resonance forms.
Explanation : The actual structure of formate is found to be a resonance hybrid of the two resonating forms. The actual structure for formate do not switches back and forth between two resonance forms.
The O atom in the formate molecule with one bond and three lone pairs, in the resonance form left with reference to the attached image, gets changed into O atom with two bonds and two lone pairs.
Again, the O atom with two bonds and two lone pairs on the resonance form left, changed into O atom with one bond and three lone pairs. It concludes that each carbon-oxygen bond is neither a single bond nor a double bond; each carbon-oxygen bond is somewhere between a single and double bond.
Also, it is seen that each oxygen atom does not have neither a double bond nor a single bond 50% of the time.