The shape of water molecule, which shoul...

The shape of water molecule, which should be tetrahedral has a bent or distorted tetrahedral shape with a bond angle `104.5^@`. What could be the reason for this ?

A

Ip - Ip repulsion is more than Ip- bp repulsion

B

Ip-bp repulsion is more than Ip- Ip repulsion

C

Ip-Ip repulsion is equal to Ip-bp repulsion

D

presence of lone pair does not affect the bond angle

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The correct Answer is:

A

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