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What is the configuration of all electron pairs arranged around oxygen in a water molecule?
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What is the configuration of all electron pairs arranged around oxygen in a water molecule?

User Vitaliy Moskalyuk
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The correct answer is

Tetrahedral

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User Wmk
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I think the answer would be : Tetrahedral

Oxygen has 6 electrons and need 2 more electron to complete its octet. In Tetrahedral, the electrons are arranged so it surround the oxygen and forming a 109 degree bond angel/

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