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Types of Chemical Bonds

Question 5 • ISA CA-Chemistry A

This geometry results from the arrangement of the hybrid orbitals around the carbon atom.

Answer
A
four sp
B
four sp2
C
four sp3

Explanation

A carbon atom with four hybrid orbitals has sp3 hybridization. These four orbitals arrange themselves tetrahedrally to minimize repulsion, so the correct choice is four sp3.

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