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The molecular geometry of a water molecule is even though the electron geometry looks like a tetrahedron?
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Water consists of two hydrogen atoms (H) and one oxygen atom (O), and the formula is H2O.
The atoms are bonded to each in the following way: the two hydrogens are bonded to the oxygen by single bonds, forming a V-shaped molecule.
The Lewis dot structure has two lone pairs on the oxygen atom.
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