Chapter 5: Problem 23
For each of the questions, four choices have been provided. Select the correct alternative. In water molecule, the bond angle of \(104.5^{\circ}\) around oxygen is accounted due to (a) high electron affinity of oxygen (b) very high repulsions between lone pair and bond pair of electrons (c) very high repulsion between lone pair and lone pair electrons (d) small size of hydrogen
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