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Trigonal bipyramidal geometry is shown by :

Option: 1

XeOF_{2}
 


Option: 2

XeO_{3}F_{2}


Option: 3

FXeOSO_{2}F

 


Option: 4

\left [ XeF_{8} \right ]^{2-}


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In the molecule XeO3?F2,? the steric number of Xe is 5 as there are 5 sigma bonds and 0 lone pairs. Therefore 5 steric number implies that the hybridization is sp3d and hence the geometry is trigonal bipyramidal.

                                                      

 

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