Question

The molecular geometry of the CH_4 molecule is and the molecule is seesaw, nonpolar linear, polar trigonal pyramidal, polar tetrahedral, polar tetrahedral, nonpolar

Answer 1

nonpolar tetrahedral

Step-by-step explanation:

Lewis structure is used to represent the arrangement of the electrons around the atom in a molecule. The electrons are shown by dots and the bonding electrons are shown by line between the two atoms.

For ,

The number of valence electrons = 8

The skeleton structure of the compound is in which one C molecule act as a central atom and is bonded to the four H with one sigma bond each.

Number of valence electrons used in skeletal structure = 8

So,

Remaining valence electrons = 0

The Lewis structure of the compound is shown below:

H

:

C

: : :

H H H

The geometry is tetrahedral ,

And , the molecule is non polar in nature .