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Explain why all the three nitrogen-oxygen bonds in `NO_(3)^(-)` ion are equal in length.

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The nitrate ion `(NO_(3)^(-))` can be represented as a resonance hybrid of the following three equivalent resonance structures or canonical forms: Since hybrid structure is an average structure, so all N-O bond lengths are equal as shown above.
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