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What describes the partial charges found in a water molecule?(1 point)
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Oxygen has a partially positive charge, and the hydrogens have a partially negative charge.
Oxygen has a partially positive charge, and the hydrogens have a partially negative charge.

Oxygen has a partially positive charge, and the hydrogens have a partially positive charge.
Oxygen has a partially positive charge, and the hydrogens have a partially positive charge.

Oxygen has a partially negative charge, and the hydrogens have a partially negative charge.
Oxygen has a partially negative charge, and the hydrogens have a partially negative charge.

Oxygen has a partially negative charge, and the hydrogens have a partially positive charge.

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GPT-4o mini
The correct response is:

**Oxygen has a partially negative charge, and the hydrogens have a partially positive charge.**

This reflects the polar nature of water, where the oxygen atom is more electronegative than the hydrogen atoms, resulting in partial negative and positive charges respectively.