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Statement : SF4 has lone pair of electro...

Statement : `SF_4` has lone pair of electron at equatorial position in preference to axial position in the overall trigonal bipyramidal geometry .
Explanation : If lone pair is at equatorial position , then only repulsion is minimum .

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