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In case of PCl(5) lone pair electrons ar...

In case of `PCl_(5)` lone pair electrons are present

A

s-orbital

B

p-orbital

C

`sp^(3)`-o-orbital

D

`sp^(2)`-orbital

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2 or 3

`sp^(3)` hybrid orbital
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