What is the difference between a square pyramidal and a trigonal bipyramidal? I know that the square has a square base and that trigonal bipyramidals have 5 atoms bonded to it but when I have questions that have 5 atoms bonded they end up being squares instead of trigonals. What I'm trying to say is when do classify a compound as either?

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