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How does adding a lone pair affect the position of existing atoms and lone pairs

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How does adding a lone pair affect the position of existing atoms and lone pairs? It decreases the angles between the atoms - the atoms are moving closer because they are being repelled further away from the lone pairs then they are from the other atoms

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They get closer together, the bond angle decreases, etc.
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