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How will you account for the following :
(i) `[Fe(CN)_6]^(-)` is weakly paramagnetic while `[Ni(CN)_4]^(2+)` diamagnetic.
(ii) `[Ni(CO)_4]` possess tetrahedral geometry while `[Ni(CN)_4]^(2-)` is square planar.

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