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Ch.8 - Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding

Chapter 8, Problem 1a

For each of these Lewis symbols, indicate the group in the periodic table in which the element X belongs: (a)

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Hey, everyone, we're asked to identify the group of the periodic table in which the element with the following louis symbol belongs. Looking at this louis symbol, we can see that we have 245 and six valence electrons in total, Since we have six valence electrons, this means that the group that this belongs to will have to be group six a. So I hope that made sense and let us know if you have any questions.