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The sulfur has 5 electron domains around it. It is seesaw-shaped.

Explanation: -

In SF4 there are four S—F bonds. There is also a nonbonding pair.

Thus the total number of electron domains = number of bonds + number of nonbonding pair

= 5

Since there are 5 electron domains, the domains will be like trigonal bipyramid. The domain from the nonbonding pair will point toward an equatorial position.

The four remaining S-F bonds will point toward the remaining four positions of the trigonal bipyramid.

The final shape is seesaw-shaped.

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