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In the three-dimensional structure of methane, CH4, the hydrogen atoms attached to a carbon atom are aligned at ____________.

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Answer:

Corner of tetrahedral structure

Step-by-step explanation:

In three dimension methane
CH_4 has tetrahedral structure in which central atom is carbon which has four valance electron.

Each valence electron of carbon is shared by hydrogen atom as there are 4 valence electron in
CH_4 so there will be 4 hydrogen atom

And each hydrogen atom is aligned at the corner of tetrahedral structure of
CH_4

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