An AB 3 molecule is described as having a trigonal-bipyramidal electron-domain geometry. (a) How many nonbonding domains

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An AB3 molecule is described as having a trigonal-bipyramidal electron-domain geometry. 

(a) How many nonbonding domains are on atom A? 

(b) Based on the information given, which of the following is the molecular geometry of the molecule: 

(i) Trigonal planar, 

(ii) Trigonal pyramidal,

(iii) T-shaped, or 

(iv) Tetrahedral?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0134414232

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Authors: Theodore Brown, H. LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew Stoltzfus

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