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the water molecule is bent because of the two pairs of electrons around the oxygen.

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A water molecule has a bent geometry with the oxygen atom at the center and two hydrogen atoms bonded at an angle of approximately 104.5 degrees. This geometry is due to the presence of two lone pairs of electrons on the oxygen atom, which repel the bonding pairs and result in the bent shape.

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Tetrahedron.

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the bond angle of H2O is 104.5 the deviation from the tetrahedral angle 109.5 the repulsion between the two lone pair of electrons with bond pair angle decreases from 109.5 to 104.5 so the molecule of water has bent or angular structure

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