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Third time im asking... really need help.. Assuming all of the atoms attached to the central atom were identical, which of the following geometries would produce a nonpolar molecule? (Only 3 choices are
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Assuming all of the atoms attached to the central atom were identical, which of the following geometries would produce a nonpolar molecule? (Only 3 choices are correct.)

-linear
-trigonal planar
-tetrahedral
-trigonal bipyramidal
-octahedral
-bent (angular)

Third time im asking... really need help.. Assuming all of the atoms attached to the-example-1
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I'm not an expert on this, but I have done some work. Non-symmetrical shapes are polar, so octahedral, tetrahedral and linear are non-polar since they are symmetrical

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