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The given diagram shows the electron arrangement in a compound formed between an element X and fluorine.

Is this an ionic or covalent compound? Give your reason.

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It is a covalent compound. The diagram shows that an atom of X shares four pairs of electrons with four atoms of fluorine to form the molecule `XF_(4)`. Sharing of electrons is a characteristic of covalent compounds.
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