Question
Which type of bond and how many bonds would occur as carbon dioxide (CO2C O 2) is formed from carbon in Group IVA and oxygen in Group VIA?(1 point)
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four covalent bonds
four covalent bonds
two ionic bonds
two ionic bonds
one covalent bond
one covalent bond
three metallic bonds
Responses
four covalent bonds
four covalent bonds
two ionic bonds
two ionic bonds
one covalent bond
one covalent bond
three metallic bonds
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Four covalent bonds.
Reason: CO2 has the structure O=C=O — two double bonds between C and O. Each double bond counts as two shared electron pairs, so carbon forms a total of four covalent bonds (two with each oxygen).
Reason: CO2 has the structure O=C=O — two double bonds between C and O. Each double bond counts as two shared electron pairs, so carbon forms a total of four covalent bonds (two with each oxygen).
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