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Water has a “bent" geometry. Which properties of water create this molecular shape?

Water's oxygen has no lone electron pairs.
Water's oxygen has lone electron pairs that repel each other.
Water is nonpolar.
Water is ionic.

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Answer:

Water’s oxygen has lone electron pairs that repel each other.

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got it right on edge on 12-15-22

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Water's oxygen has lone electron pairs that repel each other. sorry if this is incorrect

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