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According to Hund's rule, if three electrons are available to fill a set of p orbitals, how will the electrons be arranged? *

A. One electron in each orbital
B. Two electrons paired up, one in the second and none in the third
C. Three in the first orbital, none in the other two
D. There is no way to predict

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The answer is A
Hund's rule states that electrons are filled singly in each orbital before pairing
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