What is the overall polarity of methane?

Question

Question 11 options:
a) polar ionic
b) polar covalent
c) nonpolar ionic
d) nonpolar covalent
e) none of the above

Answer 1

d) nonpolar covalent

Answer 2

are you sure?

Answer 3

I apologize for the incorrect response. Methane (CH4) is actually a nonpolar covalent molecule. The carbon atom in methane is surrounded by four identical hydrogen atoms in a tetrahedral arrangement. The molecule has a symmetrical shape, causing the electron distribution to be balanced and resulting in a nonpolar overall polarity. Therefore, the correct answer is d) nonpolar covalent.