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What is the molecular shape of silicon tetrabromide?
Responses

pyramidal

pyramidal

tetrahedron

tetrahedron

bent triatomic

bent triatomic

linear

linear

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tetrahedron

Reason: Si in SiBr4 has four bonding pairs and no lone pairs (sp3), giving a tetrahedral molecular shape (bond angles ≈ 109.5°).