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Structure of ammonia
(i) Ammonia molecule is pyramidal in shape N-H bond distance is 1.016Å and H-H bond distance is 1.645Å with a bond angle `107^(@)`.

(ii) The structure of ammonia may be regarded as a tetrahedral with one lone pair of electrons in one tetrahedral position hence it has a pyramidal shape.
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