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The addition of HCl to an alkene proceeds in two steps. The first step is the attack of H+ ion to> C= C< portion which can be shown as

(iv) All these are possible

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The answer is the option (ii) because the double bond is an electron source. The charge flows from higher electron density; thus, the proton is attacked by n electrons of the double bond.

It can be shown as

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