What causes the difference in bond angles in carbon dioxide and water?

A) the distance between the atomsin either molecules

B) the facr that there are tei oxygen atoms in carbon dioxide and only one in water

C) the fact that the number of lone pairs of electrons on the central atom is greater in the case of water

D) the presence of a carbon atom in carbon dioxide

E) the presence of a hydrogen atom in water

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Krish Andrade

24 May, 23:50

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Amara Wells · Answer 1

B) because the over all charge of both oxygen atoms is more repellant to each other than in the hydrogen ones