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Give reasons for the following : 'Carb...

Give reasons for the following :
'Carbon-oxygen bond lengths in formic acid aer `1.23 Å` and `1.36 Å` and both carbon-oxygen bonds in sodium formate have the same value, i.e., `1.27 Å`.

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