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(a) Bond angle in PH(4)^(+) is higher th...

(a) Bond angle in `PH_(4)^(+)` is higher than that in `PH_(3)`. Why?
(b) What is formed when `PH_(3)` reacts with an acid?

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Although in both of the species , phosphorus is `sp^(3)` , but `PH_(3)` has lone pair of electron , thus lp- bp repulsion decreases the angle from `109^(@) 28`
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