Question: (a) Which geometry and central atom hybridization would you expect in the series BH4-, CH4, NH4+? (b) What would you expect for the magnitude and

(a) Which geometry and central atom hybridization would you expect in the series BH4-, CH4, NH4+?
(b) What would you expect for the magnitude and direction of the bond dipoles in this series?
(c) Write the formulas for the analogous species of the elements of period 3; would you expect them to have the same hybridization at the central atom?

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