The dipolemoments of `SO_2` and `CO_2` are `5.37 xx 10^(-30)` Cm and zero respectively. What can be said about the shapes of the two molecules?

Explanation

Oxygen is considerably more electronegative than either sulphur or carbon. The sulphur-oxygen and the carbon-oxygen bond should be polar with a net negative charge residing on the oxygen.
`SO_2` is angular, as the S=O
bond moments do not cancel.
`CO_2 ` is linear. Though C = 0 bonds are polar, the bond moments cancel each other.