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Explain the statement "Water has bent geometry"

Water has bent geometry; that is, the H-O-H bond angle is approximately tetrahedral. Repulsion among the lone pairs and the bonds decreases this bond angle somewhat. (The actual bond angle is 104.5°.)

 


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