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Borax is actually made of two tetrahedral and two triangular units joined together and should be written as: `Na_2[B_4O_5(OH)_4].8H_2O` Consider the following statements about borax:
Each boron atom has four B-O bonds
Each boron atom has three B-O bonds
Two boron atoms have four B-O bonds while other two have three B-O bonds
Each boron atom has one - OH groups

A

a,b

B

b,c

C

c,d

D

a,c

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