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How many lone pairs of electrons are in the electron-dot structure of h2o?

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The answer to this question would be: two pairs

Oxygen has 6 electrons on it outer level. There are two hydrogens that bind with 1 electron from those 6, so there are 2 electrons that are binding with hydrogen. That will left it with 4 lone electron, which means 2 pairs.
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