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Chemistry: Post your doubts here!

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Help please.

The answer is C.

Boron trifluoride is trigonal planar because Boron has 3 valence electrons, while the nitrogen compound is tetrahedral because nitrogen has 5 electrons and only 3 were used for bonding, leaving a pair of unbonded electrons.

The compounds form a coordinate bond after reacting, where both the electrons from the nitrogen atom are used in forming the bond. Hence, the configuration for both sections is tetrahedral.
 
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The answer is A.

2Mg(NO3)2 ------> 2MgO + 4NO2 + O2

The ratio of number of moles of NO2 (gas X) and O2 (gas Y) is 4:1

molar masses:
X - 46
Y - 32

mass = (relative) number of moles * molar mass

X - 46*4 = 184
Y - 32*1 = 32

32/184 = 0.174

Hence, the ratio of masses is 1/0.174 (A).
Bro what this 1 represent in ratio "1"/0.174
 
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